Nice thing about the tile board if you decide you need two if the overlap is away from the camera the seam is nearly invisible.
Reflective floor material for photographs.
A photo of my daughter coloring at the table suddenly becomes a lot more interesting with the reflection there too.
Some flooring mimics hardwood brick stone and many other surfaces.
A reflective surface acts like a mirror reflecting light so if the light source of your image comes from the same direction as the camera it causes specular highlights resulting in blown out spots without texture and an overall poor looking image like the following one photographed with the flash mounted on camera.
Its reflective qualities are better that the ones of mirror or plain glass.
There are many uses for plexi in your creative process.
The white spots and reflections that can sometimes show up in photos of glass result mostly from the bounce of harsh direct light so you can avoid those unsightly blemishes by softening your light source and making use of indirect light.
You ll also need them when shooting any angle where the floor is visible.
Glass and other reflective surfaces.
As seen in the examples above these shots make both powerful and effective reflection photography.
Using plexi in photography.
This isn t exclusive to a dslr either.
Finally many modern materials such as steel and glass offer great surfaces to shoot reflections from.
Photography flooring is ideal if you want to shoot people sitting down on the ground.
Reflections add an artistic layer to your photographs.
The most intuitive use for plexi is setting it as a bottom surface for a product shot.
Photographing highly reflective products like glass gems and metals can be as easy as photographing non reflective products if you know how to shape and control light.
Floordrops help keep your shots professional and consistent.
If its white then it may well be a sheet of white tile board available at places like home depot for about 15 per 4x8 sheet.
Reflective floor on white backdrop in reply to pictureperfectphotgraphy mar 15 2013 i am using a 1 8th inch thick sheet of clear generic brand acrylic plastic plexiglas is a trademark brand of acrylic plastic sheets that cost me roughly 50 here in thailand.
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For more defined outer edges you can use black foam boards instead of white.
In this tutorial we will demonstrate.
Including reflections in your composition is just one of the ways that you can bring art into an otherwise everyday moment.
You can choose floordrops that match your fabric photography backdrops.