Creative Portrait Photography - Reflection on Plexiglas!

By Jim Zuckerman

(c) Jim Zuckerman

Photographers have used black Plexiglas for a long time to shoot everything from products to flowers to portraits. I just took this portrait of my neighbor's daughter, Grayci, using only one studio light - a White Lightning strobe and small softbox.

The dark reflection from the Plexy adds an elegant and intriguing quality to anything you shoot with it.

This was taken with a Canon 5D Mark II and a 24-105mm lens. The aperture was f/18, and I hand-held the shot.

NOTE: Jim Zuckerman teaches many excellent online photo classes at BetterPhoto.com, including Taking the Mystery Out of Flash Photography and Eight Steps to More Dramatic Photography