by Caroline Halliday
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03 Feb, 2023
Do you take your cake photographs using natural light? If you sit your cake in any location in any room the light from the window(s) will shine onto one side of the cake and the other side will be darker. Often the effect can be flattering, but sometimes part of your cake falls annoyingly into shadow and in a bright sunny room the effect can be quite pronounced. A reflector screen can be used to bounce the light back onto the dark side of the cake so when a photograph is taken the light in that image will be more evenly balanced. Let me show you how to use one, so that you can decide if this type of thing would be a useful addition to your cake photography arsenal. Reflector screens come in different sizes. I have two, a large one (110cm, pictured below) and a smaller one (60cm). The larger one obviously reflects more light over a greater area but is quite big and cumbersome to use - you might need a tripod to hold it up, and it's often difficult to place it close enough to the cake. The smaller one still does a great job, is much more dainty and compact, and is easier to move around and position correctly. The down side is that it may not be suitable if your cakes are extremely tall.