I got a generic Panda washer believe its a gigantix sp ? brand for my apt because there was no way I was paying that much to wash my diapers . I spent like $ 100 on it and it does great at washing my diapers . <| sep |> But he ' s not really even black . To me he is a shade of redneck tan more than he is black . <| sep |> A potential problem with the scene you ' re shooting is the amount of white in it . Camera metering works off a neutral 18 % gray . Take a picture of a predominantly white scene , especially with spot metering and automatic exposure , camera will see that white , and try to neutralize it , therefore underexposing the image . I don ' t see any shadows , so it ' s hard to say if flash fired , but you could be diffusing or bouncing flash so one cannot judge by that .