canon rebel xt

[Fays Place]

[attachment=77:attachment]merry christmas & happy holidays to all

just received a canon rebel xt    and  when shooting with flash indoors the tone results are to gold - peach toned -- whites are not white,  focus not sharp
   pix of orchids -- they are very blended with background & details in flowers are not good.  Rim of dishes should be silver;  
   pix of people -- gold hue over everything them & background;
   oil painting- landscape--  again gold overtones and not really showing colors of the painting -- loss of greens and browns,  whites are more cream,  barn is more washed out and not as vibrant;
   oil painting- 2 roses w/buds--  gold hues over everything -- roses are more pink, background more brown-greenish toned;

camers is set on auto, using builtin flash, using a uv filter and a sigma 28-70  "DG" lens,  shot indoors in a home.

What can I do to help correct these issues?

??  I have tried to attach pix talked about above -  they have not attached, how can I attach them to a post?   Thanks

[jani]

It seems as though you at the very least have a white balance problem, which you can correct if you shoot in RAW mode.

See various articles on this site for how to shoot RAW and adjust white balance, e.g. with a grey card in the scene.

Also note the importance of a calibrated and profiled monitor and a decent printer profile setup.