![]() ![]() Feathering the light can also help, as you’re turning the bulk of the softbox surface away from the reflective surface, while still allowing it to case some nice soft light on your subject.Ĭombining both of the above techniques of using grids along with feathering together can completely eliminate the reflection in many circumstances.They just reflect the black of the grid itself, which is black, so you don’t see it. The use of grids can be very effective at helping to eliminate reflections, too, as they allow the light to keep travelling forward towards your subject, but they block the light from heading towards the reflective surface behind them.Occasionally, though, I do have to photograph people in interior locations, like homes and places of business. I don’t have to deal with reflective surfaces like these very often, as most of my people shoots are outdoors in the middle of nowhere. ![]() ![]() He explains and demonstrates several different ways that you can help to reduce or eliminate reflections on glass and other glossy surfaces, by changing the position of the light, the angle of the light, the focal length you choose to use and other factors. Which is why videos like Rob’s can be very useful for those still trying to figure it out. They need to see it demonstrated for it to click. I think the reason why so many people struggle with it is that “angle of incidence = angle of reflection” doesn’t mean a lot to most people. And you typically want a nice soft and flattering light for human subjects, which means big modifiers. Especially so, when, you darken down the ambient exposure and add flash, and the bright reflections become even more pronounced.Įvery day I see photographs shot in peoples homes and workplace where flash has been used to light the subject, and in the windows, there’s an obvious reflection of the light source. As you can see from the video, and this handy diagram below that Rob created, the basic principle of “angle of incidence = angle of reflection” holds true whether it’s a pair of glasses on somebody’s face or a sheet of glass in a window. But it’s a big problem that a lot of photographers still struggle with. ![]()
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