You've Got to Use Your Bounce Card! 

I usually use domes on my flash for wedding receptions but I think I'll give the bounce card method a try.

Finally, someone that explains what to do in a high or non white ceiling scenario!

Having your flash at 45° pushes a lot of hard light forward to your subject. Once your subject can see the flash lens, hard light is coming their way. That little bounce card cannot physically produce soft light since it's actually smaller than the flash lens itself, which is already pretty small. That bounce card is only meant to give some semblance of a catchlight in your subject's eyes, not give even remotely soft light. The only time it seems to produce flattering light is when your flash is bouncing off white/neutral walls and ceilings creating a wash of soft light and the card bounces a tiny bit of hard light forward mixing in with that soft light. On its own the card isn't great. I use bigger bounce cards that are pretty easy to attach to the speedlight. The built-in bounce card is trash for the most part.

While pulling out the bounce card, should I also place the little flip up diffusor plastic thing on the flash? Thank you in advance!

Thank you for making a very easy to understand video on a tool i didn't even know i had.

Yes!! Thank you this is what I’ve been looking for this helps a lot!

I’m glad your video showed up in my recommended. Subscribed

You showed the horizontal way of the photo. How do you bounce the vertical way? There is no 45 degree in that vertical

Wow, this channel is so underrated! Subbed :)

that information is very useful bro. thanks a lot.

thanks very informative and helpfull

Appreciate this video. Flash is barely spoken about in a lot of photography channels, and its the most intimidating to start with aswell. I assume you also have your flash set to ttl?

Thank you!

When using this method are you shooting ttl?

Hi Brother, very useful information thanks for this. I have a doubt at 2.27 where the picture is dark at the bottom portion (stomach area compare to face area), how to overcome this darkness using bounce card at 45 degree. Asking this question as one of my picture has the same output.

Does it work in open air location ?? ( No roof / walls )

Is there a way i can put my bounce card in if I’ve taken it all the way out?

Should you get this or a dome diffuser like Magmod?

where can I buy a bounce card lol??? Ive lost both of mine from my flashes.

Pulled mine straight out my camera

Ah sorry, that's not a bounce card my friend. That's a catchlight card which is designed to put a catch light in people's eyes when the flash is pointed at the ceiling or bouncing of a wall, etc. An actual bounce card is much larger.

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I dont think that is bounce card, the only thing it help is create special effect in people eyes

For goodness sake, don't show us any examples of different techniques that you are talking about. It's not as if I clicked on the video for this reason alone or anything.