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Light Diffusers and Gels

Applications

The number of materials that can be used for light diffusion, reflection, or modification is bounded only by your creativity and imagination. Once you start looking, you will find items everywhere that can reflect and diffuse light in unique ways. Whenever you find an interesting material, you should try to take a picture of the effect it creates. Keep a scrapbook of these effects for later use. You’ll find that you can look through this book before a shoot begins and you will instantly recognize particular scenes or shots that could be enhanced by using one.

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