The last time I used a flash around her she spazzed and, though it would have helped a ton, I was more worried about her spazzing ONTO the kids. She probably weighs 1300lbs and that coupled with steel shoes could get ouchy
I was hoping they would turn out closer to short sided lighting, and use of a reflector would have been perfect. Too bad I had no one to help me with it. Funny enough, my daughter(5) can hold and position a reflector for me. That kid also has a better artistic eye than I do. She made me pull over and photo a sunset because she *saw* the picture in her head.
Anyhow, I saved the harsh lit ones with shadows/highlight in PS2. Which, in turn tends to mess up the color.
I do think my favorite at the moment is the one with my horse eating my son. That one makes me laugh. Actually, this is my favorite, but it was the one done the day before with my husband rushing me. 1/40th of a second doesn't cut it!
And then my other favorite and I CUT OFF HER EARS!!!