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RANGE OF EFFECTS

DIRECT FLASH DIRECT
Direct flash, with the flash OFF-CAMERA FLASH
head pointing straight at Moving the flash away
the subject, casts from the camera to the
shadows behind the left or the right creates
subject. Described as a side lighting, which is
point light source (a light more interesting than a
that is smaller than the direct flash. This is also a
subject), it produces a point light source, so the
harsh light that creates light is hard, casting deep
hard-edged, dark shadows shadows and increasing
and bright highlights. the levels of contrast.

OFF-CAMERA FLASH BOUNCING
WITH A DIFFUSER THE FLASH
Adding a diffuser to the By creating a larger light
off-camera flash softens source, a bounce flash
the light. Soft light is softens light far more than
produced when the light when using just a diffuser.
source is larger than the The shadows are soft
subject it illuminates and and the highlights are
a diffuser scatters light less bright and distracting.
more than a bare flash, The farther the flash light
effectively creating a larger is bounced, the softer the
light source. Shadows are light effect will be.
now more diffuse and less
dense, and contrast is lower.

BOUNCING THE FLASH BOUNCING THE
AND DIFFUSER FLASH WITH A
Combining a diffuser DIFFUSER AND CARD
with a bounce flash softens Flashes often have a
the light even more. The bounce card built into
downside to this is the the head that can be used
loss of light that reaches to bounce the light. The
the subject. This technique best way to use it is to
is not suitable for smaller pull the card out to its
flashes, particularly if you fullest extent, angle the
are using small apertures flash head upward, and
and low ISO settings. shoot using the bounce
technique. This softens
the flash even more.

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