Some photographers would switch to a solid gold reflector because gold provides intense warmth needed to cancel the cool light found in open shade outdoors. This fabric screen provides a bit more contrast than white, but less contrast than silver, a third the warmth of gold, thus a perfect match for photographing models or even children, that’s why zebra takes the “best of show” award when it comes to reflectors. The amount of contrast produced by the zebra fabric is what I prefer for most of my photos. Personally I like the fact that this combination of silver/gold provides a tad less of intensity and contrast found in the silver or gold solid surfaces. SUNBOUNCE notes their Zebra fabric outsells all their reflector surfaces two to one. Plus, their pattern and perfect color mix provides a 400K (Kelvin) reduction in the original light source, thus, a 5000K (midday sunlight) becomes 4600K, or a tad warmer than clear, neutral, boring light. A pattern designed to not appear on your subject’s skin, no matter how close you place the reflector to the subject. Their zebra photography reflector fabric screen is a combination of silver and gold in a herringbone pattern. One reason is because it’s handmade in Germany and the frame it fits on is durable and lightweight. While there are many brands of reflectors that sell the silver and gold combo, the best and the favorite of many top professional photographers is the California SUNBOUNCE Zebra. The quality of the reflected light is softer, more romantic, and provides less contrast than a silver or gold, or in the case of my favorite reflector fabric from SUNBOUNCE is the “zebra” fabric screen. Rolando used SUNBOUNCE reflectors at his first exotic photography workshop in Cozumel in the Fall of 2003.Ī white reflector is designed to give a subtle fill of shadows, or a “kick” of light that doesn’t totally eliminate shadows, but merely softens them.
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