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How to Build V-Flats and Polyboard Reflectors for Under $50 (Sue Bryce's Method, Explained)
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How to Build V-Flats and Polyboard Reflectors for Under $50 (Sue Bryce's Method, Explained)

Every few months I get an email from a photographer asking what those big white panels are in my studio shots. I used to point people toward commercial V-flat vendors and watch their eyes glaze over at the price tags. Then I came across this CreativeLive tutorial featuring Sue Bryce and her collaborators Tiffany and Mark, and the answer turned out to be sitting in the building materials aisle of a home improvement store the whole time.

10 Studio Accessories Every Professional Photographer Actually Needs (And Why I Reach for Each One)
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10 Studio Accessories Every Professional Photographer Actually Needs (And Why I Reach for Each One)

There is a category of photography problem that has nothing to do with lenses or lighting ratios. It is the shoot that grinds to a halt because you have nothing to hold a background flat, or the product that collects fingerprints between every frame, or the light that needs to come in at an angle no standard stand can reach. These are logistics problems, and they will eat a shoot alive.