All lighting situations may call for a different kind of “feel” to the light, so it’s nice to have options. These covers come in a multitude of colors, but most common are silver and gold, which will produce a different kind of reflective quality to the light. It also comes with covers or skins, whatever you want to call them, that fit over the diffuser. This type of tool is first and foremost a diffuser at heart, with a white diffusion material making up the body of the tool. I will always recommend a convertible, all-in-one reflector/diffuser product. Here are a couple thoughts, more of a checklist, to keep in-mind when you go out to make this purchase. Small increments of addition/subtraction of light to make all the world of difference in your portrait work. It’s not a game of miles or even feet, we are talking about inches. Just adding a little of spark to your main light, or filling-in shadows to bring some more detail into the composition can make a night and day difference. It doesn’t have to be a huge, dramatic change in the overall exposure. Adding flash lighting or redirecting ambient light with a reflector is a way more delicate process than you might think. I think that at times people feel that “controlling light” translates to blasting a flash in someone’s face and calling it a day. A reflector/diffuser combo is a very wise choice, regardless of your existing gear status, as they are useful all the time and in combination with other lighting tools. It’s a great thing… you’ve taken the step to start playing with light, rather than just throwing your arms up in defeat when you can’t seem to achieve favorable light conditions in a given shooting situation. Reflectors and diffusers are typically the first modifiers photographers buy when they start experimenting with light manipulation.

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