This was taken indoors, on a table in front of the window. With onboard flash. Please to notice that the lovely back-lighting was not swallowed up by the aforementioned flash, nor is the foreground washed out. It’s not a great photo, but for illustrative purposes, it’s just about perfect.
The point? Somewhere, I came a cross a link to DIY Photography. There’s an article there on how to use a business card as a flash bouncer. I used one of those fake cardstock credit cards, because I didn’t have a business card handy. Any piece of heavy, white, stiff paper that’s roughly business card size will work.
You can use the same basic principle with any point-and-shoot camera, but you’ll have to either hold the card at an angle with your hand or use Scotch tape. Just don’t get it too close to a high-powered flash, especially if the paper has a plastic coating, because it might start to burn. Trust me on that one!
red paper boat 