Since there have been a few questions floating around the 'hog about flashes, how to use them, when to use them, I thought that this would be a useful article. I know that Neil's articles have been a real benefit to me.
This one is called
"balancing flash and ambient exposure where do you even start?"
http://neilvn.com/tangents/2010/02/09/balancing-flash-and-ambient-exposure/
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