Help with reflectors

Clixphoto

How do you know if you need gold or soft gold, silver or white or tanslucent reflectors? Also how big do you need to be effective outdoors?

Wes

ziggy53

To get you started, go to the "Lastolite" video demos, and choose any of the reflector channels:

http://www.lastolite.com/video-demos.php

pathfinder

Californian Sunbounce ( a German firm ) has some nice videos of their reflectors and scrims also.

Color is a matter of artistic choice. A Micro-mini can be fine out of doors, or with added flash.

chrisdg

Scott Kelby recommends this $85 setup as a good starting point. It's the Impact 22" 5-in-1 Reflector (silver, white, gold, soft gold, and translucent) with Lightstand and Holder Kit:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/283645-REG/Impact_CRK_22K_22_5_in_1_Reflector_with.html

Does anyone have any experience (positive or negative) with this setup?

evoryware

I've used it. I have a 22 and 42" 5-in-1. Stand also doubles as a lightstand so I can use it to hold my flashes which I actually have it do more often than using reflectors.

22" is kinda small but easy to carry and manipulate.
I mainly use the white reflector or the diffusion panel outside.

I mainly use the silver reflector inside.

pathfinder

I have the Impact kit in the 42" size - 22 inches is just too small for most things.

But the reflectors, and stand work fine. Out of doors you will need a sand bag or two to help hold things steady.

Nikolai

I have been using 40"x60" 5-in-1 with the impact holder for quite some time now. It's a very nice addition to the studio setup.
However, I find it to be fairly useless outdoors (at least here in Socal) unless you have an assistant, since even a slightest breeze can easily overpower if not the stand itself (which, as Jim pointed out, you can sandbag) then the stand joints.

Nikolai

ziggy53 wrote:

To get you started, go to the "Lastolite" video demos, and choose any of the reflector channels:
http://www.lastolite.com/video-demos.php

Ziggy, you bastard, I was hoping to get some work done today (it's a Labor day, afterall:-), and now I'm glued to my monitor watching all those videos. Damn you!