Taking indoor photos in clubs

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My girlfriend recently showed me photos taken from her Christmas party at the Forbidden Temple club in Clapham. They were taken by the official club photographer. The photos were done in dark conditions yet came out really bright and really sharp. Here's some pics in their gallery, presumably also taken by the club photographer: http://forbiddentemple.co.uk/gallery/?nggpage=3 The photos from my girlfriends party were even better but I don't know if I can post them here in case of copyright issues.

What's needed to take photos that come out properly in a dark environment? Maybe an external flash? I've only ever used the built in flash on my D5100, but that doesn't work well because I get a shadow where the flash can't reach over my lens (18-200mm or 10-24mm DX). I also have a 35mm 1.8 lens, but the angle is often not wide enough for use indoors.
 
As Dave said, this is done by good use of flash. First step is get a decent external flash and learn how to use it effectively. You cannot achieve what you see there with onboard flash.

In that environment I would say bounced flash with a decent bounce card/diffuser but still at fairly high ISO/fast lens. so as to get some ambient exposure.
 
Guys just want to than you for the advice. I've only managed to take a few indoor pics so far, but it's working great so far. The blog tutorial was a good tip. There's also some good tips I got off Rockwell's site (yeah I know you all hate him ;) http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/flash.htm
 
I use a rogue Flash bender and a YN568 it worked pretty well, the flashbender I find give you more constant lighting as ceiling can be different heights and colours. I shot a party that had vastly different level ceiling that were an olive green colour and I had no issues. Shutter speed won't affect exposure however using a flash means you can use longer exposures and with clubs get a lairy background because of the moving lights. Distance is the big factor on how well lit your subjects are I found it best to use a wide lens. I use an 11-16 f2.8 Tokina.
 
Well it looks to me like has been said above...good use of flash, I'd guess angled at about 45 degrees between subject and ceiling, with a large aperture and slow shutter maybe 1/30th and or a higher ISO with faster shutter speed :thinking: the key is using the flash well :)
 
I done a few nights for pocket money last year, I was only using a 500D, kit lens and a jessops flash gun. It done the job but when compared to the official clubs photographer who used a canon 5d mkii, canon flash gun ( cant remember which lens now ) you could definitely see the difference.

But having drunk people demand pictures all night and trying to touch your equipment can become annoying. But on the other hand I met some 'cool' people lol
 
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