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Flash photography. Anonymous
So, I was at a Anime convention recently (In b4 weeaboo gtfo)and I saw alot of people using flashes, but flashes pointed up, or at an angle, never directly at the subject, sometimes people hard paper, or cards stuck on side of the flash for some reason, I've never used a flash, and I'd like to know what exactly is the person going for by pointing the flash up, or at an angle, So if someone can tell me, I'd be happy.
>> Jeremo !iKGMr61IHM
It's just called 'bounce', if there is a ceiling or a surface to spread the light from the flash the results look much much better.

IF you point a flash at an object it's essentially no different than to point a flashlight at them. The photo will usually be flat and unflattering.

The bounce usually looks much better, but i always use a diffuser with a flash, so it matter a little less if i point it at them.
>> Anonymous
they're called bounce cards or just a bounce flash

it prevents hot points from burning out parts of your image and generally leads to nicer colour reproduction.

downside is that you have to think about it, there is a wider margin of error and it might not work everywhere
>> Anonymous
>>80053
>>80055

Thanks. I've never really done flash photography, so I wasn't sure. I'll keep that in mind when I get my flash.

Another thing, I've also seen people using a flash OUTSIDE in BROAD day light, Now... I know abit about photography, but when it comes to anything flash, I am about as stupid as stupid gets.
>> Jeremo !iKGMr61IHM
>>80057

People use flashes outdoors all the time, including meself. It's what's known as 'fill flash'... it's done to balance the exposure.

Sometimes to get the right exposure on a subject in the foreground, a flash or a softbox is needed as not to overexpose the background, but without the flash the properly exposed background would cause the subject in the foreground to be heavily underexposed and usually just a dark silhouette.

Do you know what i'm babbling about? haha sorry, wish i could explain better.
>> Anonymous
>>80058

I get the jist of it, Thanks.
>> Choamsky
>>80058

It's most useful when a subject is backlit, so you can match the exposure on the front as the back.
>> Anonymous
>>80062

Yeah, I tend to have trouble with that. The person having a good amount of light, Behind, or around them, it fucks the exposure up.
>> Anonymous
balancing flash an ambient is covered extensively here:

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2007/09/lighting-102-balancing-light-twilight.html
http://strobist.blogspot.com/2007/09/lighting-102-31-balance-flashsun.html
http://strobist.blogspot.com/2007/09/lighting-102-33-balancing-flashambient.html