awp wrote:
The photographs are precious. I love existing light. I detest a flash and have refused to buy one. I pray that all of the money I am spending on lenses for my 20D will make up for no flash.
Sorry to say it mate, but IMHO sometimes a flash is essential if you want to get a photo of something that won't happen again. Fill flash is also useful. If I had to choose between giving up one of my lenses and giving up my 550EX, i'd give up a lens.
Then again some great photographers have worked with a single lens and no flash for their entire lives, and make great photos. I got a book from the library of a guy who'd taken photos of many, many famous photos using no flash, all black and white. His tricks were to use stairwells, and to carry a 200W bulb in his pocket for times where there really wasn't enough light around.