Changed my tune on flash photography after the Eastgate visit

I always avoided using flash in abandoned malls, thinking it ruined the mood. But last month at Eastgate, I tried it to highlight the peeling paint and old storefronts. The details popped in a way natural light missed, and now I see it as a tool, not a cheat. My photos from that trip are some of my best because they show the texture of decay.

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the_laura2d ago

Back in high school art class, I refused to use rulers for drawing lines. I thought freehand was more real, like how you saw flash as ruining the mood. Then my teacher made me try it, and the clean lines made my sketches look more planned and detailed. It's a common thing where we get stuck on clean ideas in a hobby and miss out on tools that help. Your Eastgate photos sound like that moment of seeing the value in what you once avoided. Now I keep a ruler in my sketchbook, just as you'll probably keep flash in your kit for the right shots.

green.taylor2d ago

Eastgate photos actually didn't use flash.