I was taking some pictures yesterday and expressing some frustrating about lighting with a simple point & shoot digital camera. I know a little about photography, but I am no expert. However, my brother is a great photographer and has a gift as well as a better knowledge of the craft. Upon hearing my lighting frustrations he gave me a pretty simple, but effective piece of advice - turn off your flash. We were indoors, in a gym, with pretty weak lighting. I was also shooting a distance and having trouble getting good lighting on the shots, which were pretty dark. He told me I would be better off turning off the flash, which should help illuminate my shots by taking in more natural light. He was absolutely right.