For versatility with bouncing flash off walls or ceilings, a generous range of vertical bounce and horizontal swivel come in useful.
If you slot a flashgun into your camera’s hotshoe and fire it directly at the subject, you’re likely to create a harsh lighting effect. This is because the size of the light source is relatively small, considering the distance between the flashgun and the subject. A larger light source gives a softer quality of light that’s more flattering for portraiture. All the flashguns in our group feature a bounce and swivel head, so you can angle the head upwards, to reflect the light off a white ceiling. This creates a larger light source, and much softer lighting.