42 Inch Silver Umbrella for Photography

The project illustrates the creation of quality reflective umbrella that is very useful in shooting both large and smaller things while providing different effects.

In order to come up with a very bright finish on the material, a shiny metallic fabric is used. It’s a 44 inch wide nylon backing and the metallic coating is only 42 inch wide. Since the modern, super compact umbrellas will not work for this project, an old school long or cane type umbrella will be used. A small spool of heavy cotton string is also used since it can hold up the best of the application.

The umbrella will be disassembled by carefully checking the strings holding the fabric to the frame of the umbrella, some sort of tips for each wire that attaches to the fabric, and a cap on the top of the umbrella. What will be left to be exposed is the bare skeleton of the umbrella with the main support wires the material attaches to.

The pattern is traced to the new material and the tips of each corner are marked with dots. The assembly may start after finishing the fabric panel.

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