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LightScoop®: Product Review and Giveaway

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*This giveaway is now closed.*

I love my Canon Rebel. And I REALLY love my 50mm lens (thanks for the recommendation, Rachel). But do you know what I DON’T love??? My flash. I can’t stand using my flash…it makes pictures just look gross.

I’m no photography expert by any means, but I love using natural light when I take pictures. Of course, it’s not really possible to use natural light when it is dark outside. Unfortunately, I can’t prevent my kids from doing super-cute, picture-worthy things at nighttime. So sometimes the flash is oh-so-necessary. The picture, though, leaves much to be desired. The lighting is harsh and yucky. A more expensive flash is out of the question (at least right now) because they are SO expensive! You could also attempt to take a picture without the flash, using only the artificial lights in your house…but that normally leaves the picture a little orange-y and a bit blurry.

But I have a solution for those of you who can’t stand taking pictures with a flash like me! Let me introduce you to my favorite camera accessory. And the cheapest. This is LightScoop®.

From their website, “Lightscoop® is a smart low-tech device that creates soft, flattering light by redirecting your camera’s pop-up flash to a ceiling or wall.” And the best part is…it’s under $30!





Just to give you a little demonstration. Here are three pictures I took of our dog Sage at night.

Without the flash (using artificial light)
“ORANGE” you glad you didn’t take this picture???

With the built-in flash
Blech.

Using the flash and the LightScoop®
Much better! Beautiful color and softness!

I love this so much that I think I’m going to get my dad one for Father’s Day. My dad loves amateur photography and has some AMAZING equipment, but even he was impressed with this little gadget!

So…how would you like to win one of these handy-dandy photography tools? To be eligible to win:


 First visit the LightScoop® website. Poke around a bit and then come back here and leave a comment with something you learned or why you want one. Be sure to leave your e-mail address in your comment as well (it will be deleted after the giveaway ends).

For extra entries (one entry each):

-“Like” LightScoop on Facebook and leave a comment on their wall saying I sent you!

-Follow I Can Teach My Child on Facebook, Twitter, via e-mail, OR GoogleFriendConnect (see left sidebar)


-Share about this giveaway on Facebook, Twitter, or your blog!

This giveaway ends on Friday, May 20 at 10am (CST). Good luck!

*Disclosure:  I received a LightScoop® in exchange for writing this review.

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  1. Fun!!! I teach you about the 50mm and you teach me about the cool flashy thing! Love it and want it.

    I like their pet photograph suggestions, poor Copper is neglected.

    rachel.annette at gmail.com

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  3. Love this!!! I want one because I take pictures of my sweet babies every day and am always looking for ways to improve the photographs—this looks awesome! :)

    mgwthompson (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  7. I love this little gadget. I am always looking to improve my photos of my baby boy!

    kimnalexander at gmail dot com

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  8. SOO excited about this! I HATE using my flash but it means lots of blurry pics happen around here!

    DandLsDangLs at gmail dot com

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  12. I love the fact that it simply redirects the light in a more natural direction. I'd love this!
    ambersell {at} gmail.com

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  15. Oh my, this looks amazing! I want an external flash real bad but it's not in the cards right now. This would be the answer to my frustrations! My son, like yours, does all his cute stuff when the lighting is bad! I hate the flash and the shadows it leaves. I would LOVE to win this!

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  17. I would love to be able to take pictures of our kiddos and not have that "flash" look. Thanks for letting me know about this product!

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  18. Wow! I want this! I totally didn't have 30 min. to look at their site, but spent that much time looking anyway. I learned that you can also use the lightscoop with a room that has a ton of natural light, but not much artificial light to fill in the gaps. Brilliant!

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  19. What an awesome idea to get softer pictures. I love that you can use it for babies to get that little glimpse of light in the corner of their eye!!

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  21. I would love to take beautiful pictures especially at night. In singapore, the night scene is so beautiful but I don't know how to use lighthing to capture all these beauties.

    Lightscoop definitely will help me!

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  23. Would love to try this product! The before and after pictures on their website are very impressive! I take lots of indoor photos of my daughter and would love to get better results than I am currently. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  26. I would love to take beautiful pictures especially at night. In singapore, the night scene is so beautiful but I don't know how to use lighthing to capture all these beauties.

    Lightscoop definitely will help me!

    sorry i forgot to include my email add:

    dennana617 (at) gmail.com

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  31. I checked out the Lightscope page – loved the before and after shots. This device would open up a whole lot of options for my photos of my kids and food blog. I want! :)

    [email protected]

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  35. What a neat little device, which would be fantastic for pics of the kids and without having to spend a fortune on lights and backgrounds to get it right. I love that simple physics can provide a solution to red-eye!
    [email protected]

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  37. I love this. Their website it great too. I just got a dslr for Christmas so I didn't know this existed now I want one!

    bethanyroza at hotmail.com

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  41. i really want a light scoop! My birthday is in 8 days and I'm going to pass this info onto my husband. I am an amateur photographer and my biggest frustration is lighting. I cannot stand the flash on my camera and I like the way the product disperses the light to create a clear bright picture. [email protected]

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  42. I really like the before and after shots on their website and the comparison between other devices.

    sherry(dot)knack(at)gmail(dot)com

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  47. Just went to the page for the lightscoop, some of the pictures were not a huge difference but then there were others that wer AWESOME! The woman's face in one of the pictures was just so natural looking, where-as in the other she was washed out and looked pale, and then there were others where you could tell the flash hit something directly and everything else in the picture was sort of just 'not' as clear, but then with the lightscoop, instant clarity for the whole picture.. I WANT one!

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  49. I think this might help my problem with taking pictures at school in the crazy lighting there.

    I follow you.

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  50. I too hate using the flash! I can remember moving my son around as a newborn following the light throughout the day to take photos! Haha! Wish I would have had this! The website pic comparisons were awesome!

    [email protected]

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  53. I shared on Facebook, like their page and I have been a fan on Facebook.

    This would allow me to get AWESOME pictures of my daughter. She is the only reason I have my DSLR.

    [email protected]

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  54. I learned that the reason why pictures in churches another other places with high ceilings don't come out so great is because there MUST be a surface from which light can bounce. No wonder the pictures in my living room are always dark!

    I would love to give this product to my sister who is into photography. lgrottis(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  57. Love this product and like the ideas about taking close ups with your kids.
    rebecca(dot)robbennolt(at)gmail(dot)com

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  59. Love this!!! I want one because I take pictures of my precious kiddos and am always looking for ways to improve the photographs. I too get frustrated with the flash distorting the real image I'm trying to capture.
    mrs dot fabian at gmail dot com

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  61. I want one to save me from my Canon Rebel flash too! The photos on their website are so cute. I can't live without this now!!!

    jamieawelch at yahoo dot com

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  63. I have been wanting one of these little things too for some time and for the exact same reasons as you… can't spend $200 on a new flash and can't stand the bright white faces the flash leaves on my pics. Great giveaway!
    caralu17 at gmail dot com

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  67. I need this. I have to figure out most of the settings for manual photography with my fancy camera… so I am always using the flash. This would help save my pictures.

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  69. I am now following you on facebook and twitter… can not wait to see what else you inspire me that I will suddenly NEED!!! :)

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  80. LOVE this. I just got my first dslr (Canon Rebel t3) so this would be AWESOME.

    I visited their site and appreciated the tips on shooting a group shot and I just LOVED the picture of the elderly ladies. Precious.

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  84. The Lightscoop works great in most home and office situations — rooms with light, neutral-colored ceilings no higher than 8-12 feet or walls no farther than 3-4 feet from the camera.

    Great Giveaway!

    Primary Graffiti

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  91. This would be wonderful for my ever growing toddler. She doesn't care what light she is in, she just does cute things when she feels like it! They have great ideas on the site too!
    [email protected]

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  95. I would like to win this because the lighting in our house is terrible, but a lot of times the flash is too bright. Sounds like a great thing to add to my rebel. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  99. I learned that I really need one of these! A friend and I were just talking about them tonight and how we must have one. Hopefully I will win one! gertiemaetrude at gmail dot com.

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  103. I'd love this so that I could take better photos inside! What a great idea!
    jarrod_pate at yahoo dot com

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  105. I'd love this so I could take pictures of my 3.5 & 1 year olds without blinding them with the flash.

    Cathy

    estadt {at} ppg {dot} com

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  107. Wow, this is genius! I would love to win this so I can get good pictures of our son and daughter who are coming home from Ethiopia this summer. Airports have the worst lighting for pictures and I want to capture their first moments in the country!

    [email protected]

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  108. I want one because my pictures are turning out awful of my baby girl who has light blue eyes and always blinks when I bring out the flash. I love how it says it redirects the light so it isn't shining right in her face!

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  111. Well, I know my girls hate being blinded by the flash when I have to use it!
    Nsboccia at yahoo dot com

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  114. I poked around their website and was just going to buy one but did not know which to pick: standard or warm? Which do you use?

    thephilens(at)bellsouth(dot)net

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  115. I have LOVED this product for a while now, just haven't bit the bullet and ordered one. I would love to be able to take better photos of my kiddos – I hate the way a 'flashed' photo looks. Thanks for the chance to win one!

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  117. I love that I could take photos of those special moments when I can't use natural light (my preferred photographic use), making my photos turn out grainy if I try w/o a flash. I hate full-on-direct flash photos and all the horrible shadows and bleaching they create. This would be tremendously helpful!

    dawn.e.steed {at} gmail.com

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  119. I love the tip they give about getting more of you child in the picture – no one cares about the background! I'd love to be able to take some soft photos using this!

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  121. Its so tough to get good pictures indoor of my children and crafting!!! This would be fantastic to improve my photos!
    alklong at hotmail dot com

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  123. this is so cool… I've been wanting a bounce flash for my Cannon, but not wanting to pay the price for a big one! This looks like a perfect solution

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  124. I would LOVE to have one of these! My Canon flash is notorious for ruining beautiful shots, which leaves me messing with them in Photoshop to try and create the true-to-life feeling. I was sooo excited to see this giveaway. Thank you!

    victoria.sheahan@gmail

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  125. I just love this product review! I may have to buy one if I don't win. :) I learned about layout and presentation when taking pictures of objects or products at the LightScoop website. [email protected]

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  127. I also subscribe to I Can Teach My Child via email. (and I just put your link on my blog because it is relevant and fantastic)

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  129. Wow! that is so neat! I've never heard of the LightScoop before but it looks like it works fabulous!! If I win I will give this to my Photographer Sister … there is a new neice/nephew due in the next couple of weeks and she will be wanting to take lots of indoor pictures without that annoying flash! :)
    Thanks so much for such a fun giveaway!

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  130. Argh! Sorry it posted my comment before I was ready (Comment 130) I needed to add my email address incase I win ;)

    Jodi

    jodi at hilltop dot net

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  131. would love this! i craft at night and would love this for tutorials. thanks for the giveaway! :)

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  132. I love the before and after pictures on the site! My hubby received photography classes for his birthday. We hope to have him be good enough to take our family pictures. This would help TREMENDOUSLY with the pictures! Thanks for hosting this giveaway!

    cheyenne dot robertson at gmail dot com

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  134. I'm a photographer-in-training (on my own, that is). I love it – it's my hobby and I take pictures constantly. I have others tell me how great they are, but when I get that shadow showing up when it's not supposed to, I cringe big time! How many pictures it has ruined… :( I just cannot afford the really nice external flashes that I want, and I hadn't heard about this until I saw this post! How awesome!! If I don't win (fingers are crossed!), I might just have to buy it! Thanks so much!!
    daisyryan.adkins(at)gmail(dot)com

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  135. I liked Lightscoop on facebook and told them you sent me. :)
    daisyryan.adkins(at)gmail(dot)com

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  138. I too love to use natural light, but the blurriness of it bothers me. I end up using the flash a lot which is harsh. I think this looks like a great product!

    jbkb23 at comcast dot net

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  141. I would love one of these because…how cool of a product! Looks awesome.

    I followed Lightscoop on FB as well as I can teach my child.

    arieloen at gmail dot com

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  143. My husband and I have tried many things (including a kleenex tissue in front of the flash) to make the effects of the flash less harsh. This product looks and sounds like exactly the thing we are looking for.

    [email protected]

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  144. I'd love one of these! I have this trouble with my camera all of the time! I always have trouble getting bathtub pictures as well as other indoor photos with poor lighting. These would be perfect!

    [email protected]

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  154. I checked out the website and like what i seen. My hubby is always telling me to invest in my photography but I never feel like I can justify the money so i don't but this giveaway would be an excellent way for me to bring my dable in photography up a notch. tchilluffo at gmail.com

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  159. I follow your blog on Facebook. The Lightscoop would definitely improve the photos I take. I love how the Lightscoop creates beautiful, soft photos (even for this amateur)!

    [email protected]

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  160. This looks like the anwers to my flash woes! I want to purchase a bounce flash, but they are so expensive. I just can't justify spending that much money for something that I may not use everyday. A camera, yes. The flash, no. I am a Nikon girl. I have a D40 (I am upgrading to a D5100 soon). I like that the Lightscoop fits a variety of cameras and they give instructions for Nikon. Thanks for the offer!

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  162. I would love to win this! I always love to shoot nature and I believe this lightscoop will be a perfect match with my Canon 500D

    From Jacky,

    jackytsd (at) gmail.com

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