they hold it in front, behind on top of the person they are taking a picture of
2006-09-27 10:56:51 · 12 answers · asked by Julie 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
reflectors: to add light and prevent harsh shadows.
possibly you're (also) thinking of
scrims: cloths to diffuse the light and prevent harsh shadows.
2006-09-27 11:35:28 · answer #1 · answered by OMG, I ♥ PONIES!!1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-20 21:30:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may be thinking of a diffuser box. It's a large rectangular frame with black cloth on the back and a thin white cloth on front - the flash is inside. By shooting it through the white cloth, the light is spread out more evenly onto the area, 'diffusing' it so that there are no harsh highlights or shadows. Standard equipment for most portrait photographers.
2006-09-27 17:15:23 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those are reflectors, they are used to not only bounce light from the flash, but to bounce natural light on the model, or the background.
Try holding a white paper near something thats fairly dark, you'll notice it brightens it up just a bit.
2006-09-27 11:37:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-21 18:56:01 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-03-08 21:14:11 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plain and simple: Light reflectors.
2006-09-27 14:05:36 · answer #7 · answered by bigonegrande 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those big white things are to collect gamma rays, so then they can see through the clothing of their subjects on the photographs, and then sell the photos to nude magazine's.
2006-09-27 11:11:17 · answer #8 · answered by festus_porkchop 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
some photographers use this method -- not all. and it is to reflect "light" to a special spot the subject.
2006-09-27 11:06:06 · answer #9 · answered by s t 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I don't know a lot about photography, but i think black and white photo's look great.
2016-03-18 02:03:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋