Exercise 11. Contrast and shadow fill

Once again for this shoot I used a camera with a tripod fitted with a prime lens on aperture priority utilising a lamp and baking paper diffuser.

no diffuser

diffuser

white card meter away

white card half distance

Bringing white card nearer twice

White card very near

Aluminium foil dull side 1 m away

Aluminium foil dull side 0.5 m away

Aluminium foil shiny side 1 m away

Aluminium foil dull side 0.5 m away

It is clear that the shot with undiffused lamp and no reflector has the most contrast.  The inside of the box is darker and the shadows more pronounced.

The various types of reflectors have different degrees of effectiveness in reflecting the light and exposing the box.