the units have sturdy cross bars that allow you to secure them to a light stand
at any angle using the clamps that come with most C-stands. (Note:If you
don’t own C-stands, you can readily purchase the clamp, which will run you
less than the arm you’d need to buy to mount your pop-up reflector to a
stand.)
The California Sunbounce reflectors are German engineered with light-
weight aluminum frames. They can be disassembled almost as quickly as a col-
lapsible reflector and will store compactly. Another benefit over pop-up
reflectors? They are rectangular in shape, matching the geometric shape of the
human body, thus providing a beautiful, large swath of reflected light.
White, Silver, Gold, and Zebra Reflectors.
Because the frame and the fabric are not all one piece, you can use the frame
with a variety of fabrics. The California Sunbounce is designed to provide you
two reflective surfaces that switch by merely changing the cross-bars to the
other side. Some of the many fabrics available are silver/white, zebra/white
and gold/white. While all three of the fabric combinations described are ap-
plicable to glamour photography, my favorite is the zebra fabric with white on
the reverse side. The white side is perfect for white balancing on location too.
118 LIGHTING FOR GLAMOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
For this image, created in an old
mine in the Moab, I had Elite Agency
model Jenni sitting in a middle-toned
area of the image, while Playboy
Playmate Holley Dorrough was posi-
tioned in a more highlighted area. I
also capitalized on the window to act
as a frame for Holley. Jenni’s posi-
tion in the frame leads to Holley for
a more balanced composition. I ex-
posed the image with natural light
for Holley and had an assistant point
a California Sunbounce Pro zebra-
fabric reflector toward Jenni. This
image was postprocessed in Adobe
Lightroom. (CAMERA:Canon EOS 5D
fitted with a Canon 70–200mm
f/2.8L IS USM lens. SETTINGS:70mm
effective focal length,^1 / 30 second
shutter speed, f/5.6, white balance
at 6000K, ISO 200)