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Bounce Flash Photography – directional bounce flash<\/h2>\n

One of my favorite photos from a recent wedding, is this one of the groom and bride being hoisted aloft, with his priceless expression of surprise. Timing and framing is everything, of course. And the lighting. This is pretty much the way it came out of camera, with only minor adjustments to the RAW file. Note that the light on the groom is about the same as the amount of light on the bride in the background. (Yes, she changed into white overalls after jumping into the pool with her dress.)<\/p>\n

But back to the lighting — an equal amount of light on both of them. Something you can’t do with an on-camera flash diffuser such as any of the transparent plastic “boob” type omni light diffusers. You’re simply throwing light FORWARD from your camera’s position … and that gives you the resultant light fall-off that the inverse square law would dictate. In this case, there would have been some light being bounced into the ceiling of the white tent, somewhat mitigating the effect of the inverse square law.<\/p>\n

More about this in this video:<\/p>\n