![]() – You cannot get Canon 350D and 400D to take a picture of each other in the exact same moment with remote ir switch. Party Bouncer doesn’t look professional at all, but can give you great photos when all hope is lost. In this case, the direction of the light is more important that the coverage. The coverage with Party Bouncer looks very scattered, but for example with the Canon 50mm lens the shot ends up in the middle of the plain area. The coverage test images below were shot with 10mm Sigma wide-lens approximately 1.5m from the wall, again with and without the Party Bouncer. No Bouncer – Everyone is sad Advertisements Direct flash tends to burn areas in front and leave very hard First photo is shot with integrated flash and second photo with Party Bouncer attached. Test photos below show the amazing overall light. Most of the light bounces from the card into the roof, creating nice overall illumination, while some of the light penetrates directly through the card, disperses and lights the subject from the front. :)Ĭardboard is great material for this Party Bouncer. You might even consider an angle near 45 degrees. Make two cuts on the other end of the card and install it to the metallic hinges of the integrated flash. All you need is a white business card and a pair of scissors ![]() I’ve been countless times in a indoor situation where the hint of light is just not enough to shoot even slightly sharp portraits from friends and family and you just know even without trying that the use of integrated flash in SLR would end up in a catastrophe.Īt one time I came up with extremely simple, cheap and diy Party Bouncer. Judging by the (small number of) studio shots, this guy knows what he is doing. ![]() ![]() He holds a nice gallery at markohelenius.fi. I got this trick in the mail from Marko Helenius. Other brands – you might need to adjust a bit. It will defiantly work for Canon internal flashes. The results are not professional and there is some light lost, but when all else fails, it is a neat trick to have up your sleeve. If you are a big executive and have your own business card, you can cut the time it takes you to get a business card and you are at 5 seconds. I really like this one since it is the fastest one to make yet. When I get the material for a better bounce flash I will make one and compare it to the supplied one I'm using.Yet another small internal flash bouncer. I notice that what shadow you have got is well defused and gives a pleasant modeling to the subject. I never use direct flash from the main head but sometimes do use the second tiny front flash as well as bounce from the main head. It's a plastic coated type card that fits into a slot on the flash. I've been using a similar system which was supplied with my flash. If you're wondering, the birthday boy had spaghetti for dinner! I used a variety of angles on the flash head setup, in some cases bouncing off the ceiling and in others off side or rear walls. The lighting is even, with little or no shadow issues. They were taken with an Oly E-500 using the ProMaster 5550DX flash and the BBC. We have friends who have 6 beautiful children, one of which turned 4 yesterday. I took some shots at a birthday party last night using the "better bounce card" (BBC). I'd be interested to see how you get on - my main question is whether or not there is sufficient angle to deflect the flash to the subject. Of course if you have no convenient walls or ceilings nearby, then accessories like the one you have described become very useful JimThanks Jim - bouncing the flash is something new photographers usually discover with some glee as it really makes a big difference to your pictures. I'll be taking some flash photos at a birthday party this week and will post some of them. All that's required is to tilt the flash head back to zero degrees. ![]() One of the things I like is that it's easy to take shots in portrait orientation. It has several suggestions for how to orient the flash head. If you're thinking about making one of these, I'd suggest watching the video on the website above. Note that the flash head is rotated 90 degrees in the vertical plane. The video describes using rubber bands to attach the card to your flash head but I'm using black Velcro. I spent about $4.00 for the materials, which will make about 12 cards. The attached photos show one of these cards attached to my flash. I made a couple of the bounce cards described in the video on this website and found that they work very well! The bounce cards are made from "foam paper" which can be found in art and craft stores. I would just bounce the flash off the ceiling or wall of the room when shooting indoors. I came across this web site on the FourThirdsPhoto forum: ![]()
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