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Wrong! Use a reflector (gold if you want warm tones or silver if you want more contrast) and fill in shadows under the nose and eye sockets. If the flash is under the lens, and the person's head is turned even a bit or since most of the point and shoots have the flash above and to the side, you wil get an annoying nose shadow flipped up unnaturally to the side and above. But....doesn't hurt to try it. Just don't expect anything spectacular. Even the pros and advanced hobbyists now and then set up their studio lightings down low seeking new perspective...and ALWAYS get blasted on the critiques. The idea of artificial light is to light the photo and simulate natural light. In a "portrait" there is seldom call for abstract. Most people won't know right off why the photo is unpleasing but lighting coming from anywhere other than above in a portrait will not create a natural effect. Actually...builtin flash doesn't either. It's too close to the lens and fires at too much the same angle you are shooting anyway...that's why I rarely ever use any builtin flash.
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