Thursday, January 5, 2012

Flash Bounce

Surprisingly I actually take pictures with my GH2 from time to time.  Though I am highly irritated by the on camera flash.  I don't like the way pictures come out when I take them with the flash.  Washed out and too much contrast with horrible shadows.  I know buying an external flash would help this issue, but I really didn't want to spend too much money as I rarely take photos with my camera.  What I found myself doing was placing my hand in front of the flash to bounce it off the ceiling and diffuse the light.  I got great results with this and knew I couldn't possibly have been the first person to think of this.  So I started looking for a product that did this for me.  Enter: Professor Kobre's Lightscoop.  The lightscoop is a wonderful product that attaches to your camera's hotshoe.  It basically places a mirror in front of the flash and bounces it to the ceiling (when holding camera horizontal) or the wall (when shooting vertically).  And it works wonderfully!  Spreads the light out and creates a great diffused look giving the subjects a lively glow.  Works best in low ceiling rooms for obvious reasons.  But the results are incredible.  Highly recommend it for anyone looking for a cheaper solution to an external flash.

Without Flash Bounce

With Flash Bounce
Just look at the amount of depth you're able to capture with it!
You can find it on Amazon.com here.


Admittedly it does look rather silly on the GH2