Take natural side-lit portraits with your pop up flash

In addition to coming from an unnatural position — straight at your subject —direct flash tends to wash out skin tones.

Professor Kobré calls this the police mug shot look. He gives an F to pictures like these.

By redirecting the light from your pop up flash toward a light-colored ceiling or wall with Professor Kobré’s Lightscoop, you can create a professional-quality portrait.

The diffused light produces more natural-looking skin tones. Here, the light was bounced off a wall. Light coming from the side emulates dramatic window light. These pictures have NOT been retouched!

HINT: No light-colored wall? Bounce off a piece of white cardboard, white fabric, or other neutral, light-colored surface.

Professor Kobré’s Lightscoop changes the direction of the tiny light coming from the pop up flash in your Canon, Pentax, or Nikon camera.

• The bounced light creates an
  effectively larger light source.
• The larger source sends out light from a more
  natural direction.
• The auto function of your pop up flash continues
  to operate normally, so the flash properly
  exposes the picture.
  IMPORTANT: Set up your camera as directed.