Brightener

In photography , a brightener is a light source that is used to provide additional light to dark areas of the object , thus brightening them. Typical fields of application in portrait photography would be the avoidance of shadows in the eye sockets (reflector from below) or the production of a diffuse “beauty light”, that is, a uniform, shadow-free light guidance from all sides to suppress e.g. B. of wrinkles.

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Reflectors ("Bounceboards", " Bouncer ") made of specially manufactured reflective material, possibly foldable. These lead existing light to the object to be brightened. The reflectors can have a hard or diffusing effect (e.g. matt or glossy surface) and, in a tinted version, also intervene in the light color (gold-colored foil is common for creating a warm light tone, for example). Simple polystyrene boards are also suitable as reflectors, and a sheet of white paper or cardboard is also suitable for taking pictures of small objects.
Artificial light sources in the form of flashes or headlights.

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