Here's a fun trick for indoor photography with a small digital camera:
Get a small mirror (with no frame). Hold it in front of the flash at a 30-45 degree angle, aiming the flash up into the ceiling.
This produces pictures that are still a bit dark (since the flash is not quite powerful enough to light up the room properly), but that are still much sharper than pictures taken without a flash, and with much more appealing lighting than a straight flash shot, with the over-exposed foreground, under-exposed background and red eyes.
It's great for party photography (once you get past the issue of having to explain to people what you are doing):
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Get a small mirror (with no frame). Hold it in front of the flash at a 30-45 degree angle, aiming the flash up into the ceiling.
This produces pictures that are still a bit dark (since the flash is not quite powerful enough to light up the room properly), but that are still much sharper than pictures taken without a flash, and with much more appealing lighting than a straight flash shot, with the over-exposed foreground, under-exposed background and red eyes.
It's great for party photography (once you get past the issue of having to explain to people what you are doing):