be automatically enabled based on detected ambient light or manually enabled and disabled by a user 102 via a user interface element or preference pane accessed via the user interface 200 in some implementations shadows can be lightened by enabling the flash even when there is enough light to capture the image e g u201c fill flash u201d the captured image can be used in any application that uses digital images including but not limited to video conferencing and instant text messaging applications for example the user 102 can click the object 214 to set the captured image to be for example a u201c buddy icon u201d picture for apple computer 39 s ichat u00ae application in some implementations the user 102 can review a representation of recent images by clicking on the object 202 in other implementations clicking on the object 202 directs the user 102 to a file directory that can be browsed by the user 102 for files containing images e g thumbnail images the images can be presented on the user interface 200 in any desired order based on sorting criteria e g date subject matter etc and can include identifying information e g timestamp size resolution description etc in some implementations clicking.