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Using foam core or pasteboard

Using foam core or pasteboard

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Using foam core or pasteboard

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- These five-in-one reflector kits are pretty inexpensive, but even cheaper, is a piece of foam core. And it's pretty stiff and it's very white, and it's quite brilliant. It actually does a good job reflecting. Even here in the studio, I think you can see it effecting the exposure on my face a little bit. I use it just like I would the white side of the five-in-one reflector kit. It's also a great tool if I cut it... Just score the top piece, and then fold it into three sections, and then I can use it as a shaped reflector, and even fold it up and stow it away easier. Since it's so inexpensive, I can use the foam core in conjunction with a reflector, and it's very light. So I might use the foam core as my overhead porch piece, and use another reflector to shine light back into somebody's face. It's a great tool, and it's really inexpensive. You might even find just a piece of poster board to be a good tool to keep in your car. You can roll it up, and keep it stowed away without any…

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