How to use the bounce card and the workaround method
How to use the bounce card and the workaround method | ||
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Nikon and Canon flash comes with white bounce card that tucked into the flash head. What is the white bounce card used for? The bounce card is used when the photographers bounce flash and want to add a little bit of life and sparkle into the subject's eyes. When you put up the white bounce card, it redirects just enough of that light heading toward the ceiling back onto the subject to add a nice little catch light in their eyes, and the bonus is this also often removes some of the shadows that appear under their eyes. The key to making this work is that your flash head is aiming up at a 45 degree angle and the card is fully extended. If your bounce card is broken, or if you don't have a bounce card, then try this: use your hand. Shoot with your camera in one hand, and then put your other hand up at the same position and angle a bounce card would be. It will send some of that light forward (like a bounce card), and because light picks up the color of whatever it reflects off of, your light will be nice and warm due to the skin tone. | ||