The photos turned out great! The background stayed nicely lit, and my subjects stood out in a very natural way with no awkward cast shadows or obvious beams of l. On the day of the wedding, the only side I needed to use was silver, as all the shots were done in open shade areas on a very bright and sunny afternoon. I bought this mainly for formal, outdoor portraits for weddings and this did the job! I tested each side of the reflector for their given purposes, and all worked spectacularly. If this is a problem for you, it might be better to buy dedicated reflectors or a 2-in-1 type thing, but overall if you're on a budget, this product works well if you are patient. you need a place to lay down the reflector and slide in the middle part and close the zipper. The zipper IS kind of weird but pretty much all 5-in-1 reflectors are a little fussy when it comes to sliding the different reflectors in and this is not something you can do when you're in a hurry. Also the large size lets you use this as a background for a headshot or closeup.

t of this is big enough to cover a whole person without standing too close to them.

If you do portraits, you want to make sure you cover the shadows and with a smaller one it's a little harder to aim. I'm not sure why someone would rate this reflector low because 'it's too big' since in the 21st century I would hope that people have figured out the concept of measuring length and it's not the fault of the reflector if they don't understand that 40 is bigger than 32, but truth be told, this is a nice large reflector and I am glad for it.

Reflector 2 5-pack