I personally don't like the look that the on camera flash gives, so I try to avoid it if at all possible. I try to use natural lighting as much as possible. You can see some of my recent pic's
here of the babies with only natural light. However when I did my Special event recently, it was indoors and it was poorly lit. Without the flash a lot of the pictures were blury because the shutter speed had to be slower, I took a lot of double pic's, with and without the flash to experiment (it was a good practice event for me). Anyways, I had to end up using a lot of the photos with the flash. I just purchased a flash I can use off camera and I'm hoping that will give me more of the lighting effect I'm looking for.
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Nikon D700, Nikon D200, 50mm f1.8, 28-80mm, 28-75mm f2.8, 70-300mm 5 speedlights, some stands, umbrellas etc.
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