>>298681well, a church isn't exactly like a dark venue for music...
i'm looking at his comparison between ambient only and ambient+flash... the difference is "fairly" small. if i took a photo at 1/50 and f/4 at ISO 100, shit would be nearly black dude. if i did like he said, meter for ambient and "lift" for shadows, my exposure would be in the seconds, like whole seconds
and the second link, dragging the shutter. that's what i've read online. i've slowed down my shutter all the way to 1/5 and it didn't achieve much other than introduce some blur in the background. and if i happen to catch a laser or spotlight during that.. then i get weird ass light streaks in my picture, which i really don't want.
my subjects are well exposed, i just need a brighter background