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Bend natural light to your will with a five-in-one reflector

14 Bounce light back in

Reflectors are fantastic for bouncing light back in and manipulating it, whether it’s natural light or flash. A five-in-one reflector comes with gold, silver and white sides, giving you options to change the quality of the light reflected. They also come with a black side to take light away.

15 Scrims for soft light

Five-in-one reflectors also usually come with a semi-transparent scrim layer. This can be held between your light source and your subject for softer light like direct harsh sun, or bare flash. This produces more diffuse lighting, as if you were shooting with a softbox.