Hands Up With Profoto Reflectors

The heading picture has been provided by the Apalling Image Institute of Aberfan. It shows a balding man boiling his brain on a city street while trying to provide fill with a reflector. He has managed to achieve lack of focus, underexposure, and a telephone pole growing out of his head. All on self timer. It is a classic of its type.

You may wish to try this and to do it better. It would not be hard...the Profoto reflectors are particularly well-built and have been provided with double hand grips for control. Those of you who have tried to be lighting assistants out on Scarborough Beach when the sea breeze comes in with standard round reflectors will appreciate the difference. Like using a spinnaker...

You can get various combinations of these reflectors - silver, gold, and white - and they come in sturdy carry bags. No photo shoot should be without one. Just don't hire the balding old guy to operate it.