Don’t get poster board, it’s too flimsy and can’t support itself. (Like my cousin!) LOL!!

If you have a “Dollar Tree” or similar store in your area the one I visited yesterday had 24″x36″ foamcore boards for $1 US. Cheap!

You can use basic white household glue to attach aluminum foil to the foamcore boards (dull side out).

Or you can cut the board up to make small reflectors.

I was on the set of the movie “The Signal” shooting stills a couple years ago and the lighting guy had a page of the Sunday color comics in front of a large soft box light. I asked him why and he said the color comics turned the pure white light into a mix of colors. He feels that gives a more “real world” feel to the scene. He pointed out to me that light coming in a window is not pure white, it’s a mix of light sources such as the red from a car and blue from the sky and green from the grass and yellow from the school bus and lots of colors from flowers. In other words the real world is a mixture of colors. He also said that every scene where he sets up the light he throws away the prior color Sunday comics and hangs a new one in front of the soft light. Interesting.

Terry Thomas
Film Production Stills Photographer
Atlanta, Georgia USA
http://www.TerryThomasPhotos.com