Reflector Diagram Here I will make a diagram, to represent the manner in which a reflector works, and can be used for photographic purposes.

In the centre of the diagram, you can see a blue stickman which represents the main subject of the image, but the stickman is facing away from the sun, which is the orange circle in the top right, this means that features of the subject could not have enough light on them to be displayed in an image with detail. To solve this issue, you can see to the left a yellow reflector, which reflects the suns light and bounces it back onto the subject.