After talking with John for a bit (on IRC of course), he convinced me that I really need to looking into purchasing a new flash for my camera. The advantages of being able to bounce flashes off bright walls and/or ceilings are great. At first I didn’t think I would notice the difference, but really, tell for yourself:

Without speedlight.
With speedlight.

I am very happy with my Nikon D50 (with a standard kit lens and a zoom lens) and I started researching a Nikon speedlight that would work with the camera. It didn’t take long, enter the Nikon SB-600. After just a few minutes of trial and error, I started taking some pretty decent pictures. See the above links. Now, I need to sit down, read some manuals, and actually do a bit of Google work to make the pictures even better.

That’s my cat Ping by the way…