Hi all. :-) Newbie armed with a Nikon F80+SB24, plenty of books and been doing much reading on the net.... I have been reading up on a Fill Flash Cheat Sheet by Dan Richards that I downloaded from Popular Photography. [URL]http://www.popphoto.com/article.asp?section_id=4&article_id=706[/URL] [URL]http://www.popphoto.com/assets/download/821200311318.pdf[/URL] If I understand correctly, a quick summary of a typical shot might be: * Stick camera on Manual exposure with center-weight metering * Meter the background, not the subject. * Over-expose background by +2/3ev. * Stick your flash on TTL auto, no bounce. * Set flash compensation to -1.333 ev * Take photo This is very different to just sticking a diffuser on or bouncing a flash and got me thinking. I was wondering what methods people on this NG use often when using a TTL flash in various situations? When experimenting, would I be best to go to a One Hour Photo lab to get my prints, seeing that they won't try to correct the exposure for me? My current lab, does a great pro service that corrects exposure and saturation, etc. Thanks in advance for your patience and tips. This NG is a God-send! D.R.