Experimenting with a homemade flash bounce

I never use the flash on my camera because it looks so horrible. So I was experimenting tonight with a piece of white cardboard held at an angle in front of my pop-up flash, to angle the light off the ceiling and make it less harsh.

 

These are some of the results. I'd say it's reasonably successful, especially for free. The cardboard piece has a strip of Velcro around it, so I just wrap it around the flash housing and it holds it in place. Doesn't look very classy, though.

Done