I have used aluminium foil glued to shaped/bent/flat cardboard as reflectors and it worked well. Also used light bounced off mirrors with success as well.
"If it reflects light, it can be used!"
CEJ 9/2006
I bought a set of those spring-loaded coated-fabric windshield shades in silver, just for this reason. However, I've really only used them in my car ... : )
I bought a set of those spring-loaded coated-fabric windshield shades in silver, just for this reason. However, I've really only used them in my car ... : )
I bought some of these as well, and also have gold colored ones as well. They pack up well and look much better when out shooting then the fold up ones. They are on clearance at Target here right now and I bough them for less then 4 dollars each.
I just made my reflector out of aluminum foil and a piece of foamboard. I just taped to pieces of foil on a board around the size of 30x36. I used it for this shot while working with worklights.
I used a mirror and worlights for this shot. You can read how I set it up in the comments.
They both worked well and just haven't had time to try more shots using my new "reflector".
Yup tin foil works fine but if you're going to go through a bunch of trouble you might as well just buy a collapsable reflector with interchangable sides. I only used the tin foil one because I didn't have anything else.
+1 on the collapsable car window shades. I found a set at WalMart for $6, that I split with a buddy of mine. $3 isn't bad for results like this:
I've found that, however fun spending money on pro gear is, most photographic equipment (aside from the camera & lenses) can be reproduced with a little elbow grease.
