Day 7- Light Scoop

Another foggy day, alas!  I’ve been out all day and got home to find that the Light Scoop I ordered had arrived in the mail!  I don’t have an external flash, and, although I don’t use flash much, I have used the built-in flash inside at night with not very good results.  I don’t know too much about flash yet, but have often wished I could bounce or diffuse my flash to avoid the harsh light and shadows often produced.  Since speedlights are very expensive, I am postponing purchasing one for now (and maybe forever…). I read about the Light Scoop on Clickin Moms and elsewhere, and decided that for $30.00 I couldn’t go wrong!  It fits over the built-in flash and slides into the hotshoe.  It has a mirror that bounces the light from the flash onto the ceiling when the camera is held horizontally or from a wall if the camera is held vertically. They recommend a setting of ISO 800, a flash exposure compensation of +1, and a wide aperture.  I had little time to play with it today, so took two photos of my very patient husband, one with regular flash, f 1.8, 1/125 at ISO 800.  The second had the same settings, except I added the Light Scoop and adjusted the flash exposure to +1.  I am sure I need to experiment a lot more in actual shooting situations, but I think the results are interesting.

BTW, he is wearing sunglasses and not looking into the camera, because he had an eye procedure done today (told you he was patient!).

Left photo is regular flash; right photo is with the Light Scoop.  Both photos are SOOC.