I took this photo for our Christmas cards. I first had my husband sit as my guinea pig while I tweaked shutter speeds, aperture and the ISO, but I couldn't get anything satisfactory - I kept getting underexposed or too grainy. I had natural light, the ceiling light, and I have two 250W hot lights I bounced off the ceiling. That's the sum of my equipment; I don't have any umbrella reflectors or the like. I finally got frustrated, stuck it all auto and started firing away, the last of 30+ shots being the best with my little thumbsucker finally cooperating.
As you can see, it's a really slow shutter speed and my son's leg is in motion. My mother-in-law wants me to do it all over again when all her grandkids are over for Christmas. That means three fidgety, distracted small children, and I need to quickly gain the technical skill to freeze them without nuking them with my on-board flash, and have a well-lit room. I prefer to get a clean as shot as possible instead of having to fix it in Photoshop. Any input welcome.