I’m been playing around more with flash photography and have gotten some interesting results by bouncing the flash off of different walls and angled surfaces. This image was taken in a poorly lit room and I bounced the flash off a side wall at about a 45 degree angle. That way the subject was evenly lit and there weren’t any shadows.
In post-production I desaturated the image quite a bit to give it a more stylized look. I also wanted to tone down the scarf she had on because it was very brightly colored and distracted from her face.