Photography podcast #30 is all about how to use reflectors to better your photography. We focus on common types of reflectors, when to use them as well as why reflectors are an essential item‚for every‚photographer’s toolkit.The following photographs illustrate how effective a reflector can be to add light to subjects that are in shadow or that need a little extra boost of light. Note how especially the eyes of both my boy (Ziglet the cat) and my wife (posing in ‘Pulp Fiction’ style)‚receive extra illumination and become much more vibrant when a reflector is used. Note that the exposure DID NOT change for any of the reflected/unreflected shots. I also did not do any manipulation whatsoever in a graphics program as I wanted to clearly illustrate the effects of changing only 1 variable. (adding a reflector) You can click the photographs to enlarge them.

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Ziglet – No reflector	Ziglet – With reflector – Eyes and face are vibrant
Ziglet – No reflector	Ziglet with reflector doing its job in the photo
Carmy – No reflector	Carmy – With reflector – Eyes and face are vibrant
Carmy with reflector doing its job in the photo

New segment in the podcast – Photography.ca – Photo of the week -
This week, the photograph is by Arkady Renko and I comment in the podcast on why I think this photograph is fantastic.

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Other photography links mentioned in this podcast;
Flickr
Leading lines in photography
The rule of thirds in photography‚ ‚

Thanks as always for the comments by‚Bekka, Al and Norm‚on our previous podcast‚where we Interviewed‚fine art photographer Rafael Goldchain. We LOVE comments and suggestions so please send more.

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This photography podcast‚features an interview with teacher and fine art photographer Rafael Goldchain. In the interview Rafael tells us about his past work and we delve into his latest work called Familial Ground.‚This work‚contains over 50 masterfully created self-portraits based on Rafael’s family history and the influences of the different cultures‚that help make up his‚life. Rafael freely talks about how the project came to be, as well as all the technical elements of the project including; lighting, shooting, printing and digitally post processing the photographs.

More of Rafael’s portraits from this series can be seen at Luminous Lint‚and Robot Follow.
A few of Rafael’s older images can be seen on this site, Photography.ca
For more information on Rafael’s work, he‚can be contacted via email‚rafael (a t)rafaelgoldchain(d o t)com

Other photography links mentioned in this podcast;
The Applied Photography program at Sheridan College.
Photography at Ryerson
Fine art photographer Susan Meiselas

Thanks as always for the comments by daronJ and‚Gary‚H on our previous podcast Posing models in photography . We LOVE comments and suggestions so please send more.

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‚ Rafael Goldchain Self-Portrait as Naftuli Goldszajn [Familial Ground] – 2000‚ Lightjet chromogenic print – 30 x 40 in‚ Provided by the artist – Rafael Goldchain b. Krasnik, Poland, early 1800′s d. Krasnik, Poland, late 1800′s ‚ ‚

Rafael Goldchain Self-Portrait as Reizl Goldschain [Familial Ground] – 2001‚ Lightjet chromogenic print – 30 x 40 in‚ Provided by the artist – Rafael Goldchain b. Poland, 1905 d. Buenos Aires, Argentina 1975 ‚ ‚

Rafael Goldchain Self-Portrait as Don Moises Rubinstein Krongold – Middle-aged [Familial Ground] – 2000‚ Lightjet chromogenic print – 30 x 40 in‚ Provided by the artist – Rafael Goldchain b. Ostrowiec, Poland, 1902 d. Cuernavaca, MÆ’‚©xico 1980

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