For this exercise I set up a simple still-life and placed a desk light at right angles to my camera which was on a tripod and which was level with the still-life. The photos above are in order of contrast, without a diffuser, with white card two feet away, with white card one foot away, with a shiny foil reflector, with a dull foil reflector and with a crumpled foil reflector and with diffused light using a light tent. I think if I had used a stronger light source the differences might be more obvious. It is however interesting how shadow can be filled using reflectors. Although the diffused photos shows less contrast and is flat it does have very little detail lost in the shadows. I will use what I have learnt above when preparing for my assignment.
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