photographing a black model outdoors, which reflector should I use?

[kevinfoto]

photographing a black model outdoors, which reflector should I use? please help!

thanks

 

[vipgraphx]

Gold as it will bring out some of that rich brown. Thats just a guess though as I never have used a reflector.

 

[The_Traveler]

More important is clothing color choice.
No very light bright colors.
That will make good exposures on a dark skin much more difficult.

 

[KmH]

photographing a black model outdoors, which reflector should I use? please help!

thanks

How much light will there be? What time of day?

 

[Tee]

I'm a fan of gold for that skin tone. Good luck!

 

[kevinfoto]

Shooting daylight, natural light

 

[chuasam]

photographing a black model outdoors, which reflector should I use? please help!

thanks

a black reflector

 

[KmH]

Shooting daylight, natural light

There are 147 different kinds of 'daylight'. All light is 'natural' light.

If your model will be in direct, mid-day sunlight, it is advisable to have a diffusion panel in addition to a couple of reflectors.

Another example is if your model will be in open shade on a cloudless day you have to allow for the blue cast the sky adds. A gold or silver reflector can often be used to mitigate the blue.

Few outdoor model shoots get done mid-day. Morning and evening light (Golden hours) is so very much better, but can have an unwanted orangish cast. A silver reflector might help in that situation.

 

[Kerbouchard]

photographing a black model outdoors, which reflector should I use? please help!

thanks

a black reflector

As silly as that answer may seem, it is actually what I would recommend. My wife is black and my daughter looks more white. Makes it tough to photograph both together. I seem to have the best luck in diffused light and using the black side of the reflector to subtract light to provide depth. Trying to add light with a black model often results in specular highlights or a shiny reflection on the skin.