Watch out for those shaddows on the walls

A lot of people complain of their subjects getting shaddows on the walls when they shootem ( esp with flash) . There are a lot of ways to avoid that ( flashing ur shaddow areas on the walls , or just bouncing ur flash off the ceiling or trying not to position ur light too low , avoid light colored walls , and a zillion other ways probably ) , but one of the simplest ways is just keeping ur subject a good distance away from the walls and not shooting with ur flash straight onto the subject . Flashing ur subject at an angle (i.e lighting in planes ) is always a great idea , plus it gives a more realistic 3d feel to ur shot .