Confession — I finally used my flash.

Waaaiitt ... NOT SO FAST! I may have used my flash, but I never turned it on.

I simply used it to prop up the lens on my camera body and avoid as much blur as possible during the five-second exposure of the photo below.

Flash gives me a stomach ache. It's distracting to the people I'm photographing. I'm convinced flash makes people nervous. I like to blend in as much as possible, and if there's a light popping off in people's faces, nothing else seems to be on their minds except, "I hope I look good."

Then again, my resistence to flash photography gives me just one more thing to improve upon. There are hundreds of great photographers in this world who make beatiful images on a daily basis using everything BUT available light. Someday, I just might get there ... but in the meantime, my strobe is a darn good tripod. The picture below is any but extraordinary, but it proves photos always can be made, even in the darkest of conditions.

Hannah Montana fans and their families look through their 3D glasses at The Marcus Ridge Cinema, New Berlin, while watching, "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert" in the state-of-the-art theater. The film captures the sold-out 54-city concert tour and will be shown in New Berlin through today.

Nikon D2H, 17 mm, 400 ISO, f3.2, 5 seconds, Manual