Title: There are two basic ways to really soften and smooth your flash, and this is not one of them!
Product review: The first is to bounce off your flash of the ceiling -- that works wonders with white ceilings that are not super high. Try it; it works wonders! Umbrellas and other photo reflectors work well for this, too, when you forget to bring your ceiling along with you.The second is to use a softbox, the bigger the better. Nothing this small can really soften light -- "soft" light means it comes from a large source, not a small source hidden behind plastic.The Omni-ounce and Gary Fong's Lightsphere, etc, provide an almost indetectably small amount of softening to my eyes, and do not seem to enhance bounced light either. As to the claims that they CREATE bounce, well, any bounce that's made is s trivial as to me virtually unnoticeable to me.They
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