Creating Professional Photography w/ $30 Reflectors – Photography Lighting Tutorial

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About a month ago, we took on the challenge of shooting an entire fashion shoot with just an iPhone and a couple $30 reflectors as a follow up video to the FStoppers iPhone Fashion Shoot. The SLR Lounge iPhone Photo Shoot has gotten a lot of attention and we thought it was time for a follow up video.

So, in this follow up video, we will be showing you guys the exact reflector lighting techniques that we used to pull off every shot that we took in the SLR Lounge iPhone Photo Shoot.

However, we will be using a legit camera this time. This time we will be using our 5D Mark II along with a 50mm 1.4 Prime Lens. But, trust me that you can pretty much get these exact same shots with virtually any DSLR body with a 50mm 1.4 Prime Lens attached. Below the video, we have listed out all of the equipment and software used to create these shots. So be sure to check that out as well.

Enjoy, and as always, let us know what you think!

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37 Comments
  1. Veselin Vasilev says

    Thank you!

  2. Karan Mistry says

    2018 ?

  3. G D says

    If I had to work with a model full of tattoos, i send her strait home. Horrible.

  4. Francisco Barros says

    Didn't see any difference on the 1st and 2nd shots. :c
    Was very noticeable on the last ones tho.

  5. Meteoroz says

    Thanks, but it would have been better to show the before and after side by side.

  6. Gabriel Solis says

    Pye has come a long way in 6 years. Yikes.

  7. Adam Kalb says

    The woman in the sunglasses looks a lot like Michelle Rodriguez. October 2, 2017, 7:58am

  8. Garbage Man says

    5:32 LMAO

  9. Luke P says

    instead of using the reflectors, can one use a on flash diffuser to get the same results?

  10. My perfect mind says

    iam used for canon 1300d lights

  11. Ulises Martinez says

    Thank you for the video. I'm no pro but your skies are blown out

  12. Liton Roy says

    Much appreciate

  13. Fussy Lawn Care says

    I liked the last shot best. Nice video, thanks.

  14. Minor says

    thumbs down for the fucking flip-flops, tool

  15. Mark Harris says

    All I was wondering was is Jessica going to get blown away? Great shots and the reflectors certainly opened them up, but wouldn't gold have made them warmer for outdoor shooting.

  16. dinged2000 says

    Is that the 405 and kaiser in the background?

  17. MsGaby915 says

    What size are the reflectors?

  18. Soben Sne says

    Thank SLR Lounge.

  19. Ken Knopp says

    Why do you edit it if you are trying to show before and after pictures, the only thing that you are showing is that you can edit.

  20. Tom Cass says

    Very informative but why do the lightroom edited photos look better (to me) than the Photoshop ones?

  21. Tia DeGiobbi says

    This was super helpful! Thank you!

  22. JagadaiaMusic says

    Great tips and lovely photos – thanks for sharing… 🙂

  23. Sandra Ximenez says

    Thanks! Very helpful! Super excited to use my reflector this evening! 🙂

  24. Jason Auw says

    thanks for the sharing the knowledge, but it'll be nice without editing the photos just to able to differentiate the photos easily.

  25. Chris Carroll says

    magic

  26. arica387 says

    Thanks for the video!!!

  27. Moynul Haque says

    Could please show your Lightroom and Photoshop edit. Many thanks.

  28. Aurora ASMR says

    I found this really helpful. Than you

  29. Franco Herrera says

    The only negative thing about reflectors is that you always need to have an assistant

  30. Bee G says

    Where would the reflectirs be purchased?

  31. KIRIWELLAGE Ramya says

    Here you have before & after photos for easy compare…

    1st-pic  2:33|2:38 2nd-pic 3:17|3:31 3rd-pic  4:25|4:33 4th-pic  5:12|5:18 5th-pic  5:56|6:13

  32. Trick Photography 101 says

    Though the option of choosing to learn photography is not being limited to everyone but the resources being offered may not be available for everybody. Regardless of whether you are willing to pay for the online photography courses being offered by certain photography websites or you’ll just have to choose other resources that are being offered for free. Whichever you choose from these wide varieties of online photography classes, it is up to you to choose the best photography websites that can provide you with the best online photography courses you needed to learn photography.

  33. Alex Studio0610 says

    Nice

  34. ABDULMAGID ALFRGANY says

    Excuse me. Useful lesson and technical know how good speaker but you are not creative photographer, your pictures are very weak lacks of configurations and angles and you're in an unfortunate choice were not the lens is a lens that excel in portraying PORTRAIT  Excuse 

  35. Horacio Guzman says

    By insulting me you just proved what I thought. You are a rude graphic designer! I will end this conversation here. It is not worth it to argue with someone who is unable to use his brain to construct convincing arguments. Good luck in your graphic designing career! One last thing, YOU ARE NOT A PHOTOGRAPHER!

  36. Kissa Webb says

    Short and sweet.  Thanks for the tutorial.

  37. Photoshopuzr says

    nice use of reflectors.

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