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Reflectors, Diffusers, and Filters in Macro Photography: What the Pros Actually Carry in the Field
I shoot a lot of flat-lay product work, and for a long time my macro shots had this problem I couldn’t quite name. The light was technically fine. Exposure was good. But something looked dead about them. No dimension, no pop. Turns out I was ignoring one of the simplest tools in outdoor photography: a cheap collapsible reflector. I stumbled onto this CreativeLive tutorial while falling down a rabbit hole at my usual coffee shop table, and it filled in a bunch of gaps I didn’t even know I had.