The White Shovel Background Reflector

The UBR is a white shovel reflector that provides an even gradation of light for illuminating background space, while blocking the light from hitting the lens or the subject. The background reflector is an excellent tool to help you achieve good subject-to-background separation. By design, the UBR can be used in tight setups, where there is not enough room for side lighting or grid use. With the UBR, the light pattern of your flash unit fans out behind your subject. The spread will gradually fall off as it covers the background, accenting the background, and gently providing a halo effect behind your subject. For those photographers who use painted and textured backgrounds, this is a great way to highlight the background, without overpowering your subject.

The UBR fits comfortably in place of your standard reflector on any X-Series or UltraZAP unit. This reflector is designed to work on a single flash unit, and may be positioned directly behind your subject on our LS1100 Backlight Stand. On the backlight stand, you position your flash unit vertically, to hide the light behind your subject and illuminate the backdrop. By adjusting the positioning arm on your unit, you can point the flash unit directly up and towards your background, allowing the background reflector to catch the light, and throw it evenly on your backdrop.

With the White Lightning Ultra Series units, you will need to use the UBGR Background Reflector. The UBGR comes with two parts: the standard UBR background reflector, and the Ultra light blocker. For Ultra Series units, we include the light blocker, which cuts down on any stray light that may be emitted from the air vents. This reduces the flare that may hit your background, subject, or camera lens. The light blocker piece can be used with other reflectors as well, fitting directly over the vents on your unit.

If you have already purchased the UBR Background Reflector, and wish to use it on an older Ultra Series unit, you can simply purchase the Ultra Light Blocker separately. The light blocker can be used on the Ultra Series with any other reflectors.
UBR
$29.95
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UBGR $39.95
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This illustration gives a good impression of how the light pattern falls off behind a subject, with specifics on f-stop loss as the light is spread across a backdrop. This flash pattern was measured with a unit positioned 5 feet from the subject. As setups vary, and flashmeters vary in their interpretations, this is merely intended to give you an idea of the light pattern with the UBR reflector.
 This illustration shows the parts of the UBGR fitting on an Ultra Series unit. The UBGR includes the standard UBR Background Reflector and the Ultra Light Blocker piece. The UBR fits on the Ultra unit’s faceplate in place of the standard reflector, with the Light Blocker fitting over the Ultra unit’s air vents, to prevent unwanted light from escaping.