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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 824066" data-attributes="member: 48483">I tend to use auto mode in that kind of environment. I encourage you to do some practice with direct flash and bounced flash. Direct flash has a tendency to make background go dark as the light does not bounce back to the camera as quickly as the light from the main subject does. Bounced light gives a more diffused light and will light up the background, but overall the image will be dimmer. I tend to prefer the bounced flash but remembering what each method does allows you to control the overall image.Then if you want to get fancy you have the long-exposure flash synchro option where the flash fires quickly in a longer exposure time (like 1/60 second) which allows the main subject to be lit up and the background to also show in the image.</blockquote>