Thursday, 26 April 2012

How a bounce umbrella works


A bounce umbrella works very simply by taking the light from a light source and expanding it’s spread.
A bounce umbrella is typically lined on the interior with a silver, gold or white reflective surface and on the outside with black to reduce light from escaping.

To show you exactly I’ve put together some diagrams that show where the light goes. For this example we’ll assume that an umbrella is a cut of a perfect sphere. The focal point, through which all the reflected light passes, is 1/2 * radius of the circle, or half way between the sphere’s center point and the edge of the umbrella.

Bounce Umbrella Light Diagram 1 of 3


When the light hits the reflective surface it bounces back in unsecured loans a straight line through the focal point.

Bounce Umbrella Light Diagram 2 of 3

You can see where the reflected light hits the subject. bad credit loans

Bounce Umbrella Light Diagram 3 of 3

At first you’d expect to want to place your subject at the tip of the umbrella (like shown in the diagram) but that’s rarely the best idea – we’ll cover that in another article.

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