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after reading the manual and researching tutorials on the speedlite 580ex ii.. i still have no idea how to use the flash properly or to it's full potential.. that said, it's still 150% better than the built in flash!

i used to consider myself a 'natural light' girl (meaning i only used natural light.. NO FLASH ever!).. i hated using flash on cameras.. they always make the picture look washed out.. harsh.. yadda yadda yadda.. but now, with my new external flash, i think i have been converted into an 'any light available' girl lol.. i love this flash! i needed this flash for ashton's arrival.. our apartment has horrible natural light and our CFL bulbs cast off a horrible gross green color in pictures.. the only options were to use a built in flash or never take pictures inside my apartment (i'm sure our first house won't have any natural light available either).. this new flash is going to come in handy when baby ashton gets here.. i am glad i got it before our trip to germany.. no telling when i might need it there and regret not getting it before the trip lolz.

i took a picture of velveeta in a dark room.. it was 10pm outside and the only light available in the entire room was a 30watt bulb.. this is the result..

poor cat lol.. blinded by the built in flash.. notice how harsh and uneven the lighting is?? i am at her eye level so you can't really see the harsh shadows usually casted off by built in flashes.. 

taken with my new external flash.. the flash was bounced off the white ceiling and it illuminated the entire room evenly without the harsh look of a built in flash (doesn't it look like i have great lighting in our apartment!?)and poor velveeta's eyes were able to stay open.. though, clearly she was not impressed.. 

btw.. no editing was done to either pictures.. these were SOOC.. did i mention how much i love this flash?!