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White Card and Bouncing Light


Why do some news photographers put a small white card in the top of a flash gun and the flash gun is slightly tilted upward?


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April 24, 2004

 

Jon Close
  The white card reflects some of the light forward. It provides better fill, especially on the face/eye sockets than simply bouncing from the ceiling.


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April 24, 2004

 

Larry
  Use of a card on my flash provides a "mellow" lighting of the subject, and, most importantly, NO RED EYE..


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May 14, 2004

 
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