A single black-and-white board can do the work of a reflector, a flag, a backdrop, and a negative fill panel, all in the same shoot. Learning to read light and shape it with one tool beats buying five separate modifiers. Ashley from Westcott Lighting walks through five distinct ways to use the Westcott V-Flat on location, starting with the most common: bouncing light. Faced with beautiful but harsh window light, she moved her subject just out of the direct sun and brought the white side of the board in close to catch and redirect that window light. That reflected light became her key, softer…