Twelve weeks to better photography: week four

I was half-tempted to skip this weeks lesson, because I hate using the flash and I thought even in the lesson that her pictures that she took with flash vs no flash actually looked better without. But, I decided to be a trooper and stick to it anyways. See Week 4's Lesson here.

Not much to talk about this week because she was mostly saying how you can properly use your flash as a "fill flash". Basically, a fill flash is your normal flash. But in scenarios where you already have ambient light, your flash is merely "filling in" the areas of your photo that may be shadowed or poorly lit.

I also couldn't go outside like she requested because A.) i've been sick and B.) it's been snowing and is freeeezing here. So I stuck to indoor pictures and took them of my fav little man. Anyhoo, on to my pictures...
{no flash... much better in my opinion}
{with flash... overexposed and see the shadow in the background? not cool.}

I re-read the lesson and noticed that she talked about moving your subject away from the wall and if they had to be in front of a wall putting them in front of a dark wall. So I guess I failed this week. haha, oh well. Always next week. :)