I had always seen online the photos taken at night by ‘professionals’ and I thought wow I wish my night shots would look that nice. Well last night I had the chance to test out my new external flash (Canon 430 EX II) and literally the first shot I took was up to the standards I had always wanted. I took many photos but I liked this one, very realistic skin tones and just a happy moment I think.

What this night did teach me however, was that I needed to start watching my depth of field. My most used lens (Canon 24-70mm) is a f/2.8 which does by default blur out background subjects, which is a great effect. The problem was though that if two people were sitting next to each other but one slightly further away than the other, they would be blurred out. Working on it