Hi there, You could use flash but that may scare them off. I would try and build up their confidence in your garden - put a little dog food on the ground for them and slowly illuminate the garden or one particular area of it over a couple of weeks - low light to start and then increase it. An external safety light with a dimmer switch controlled from the shed should do. You want the illuminated area to have a good background for the foxes to be photographed against, and I would try the odd flash on low power to start with so they become used to it. Foxes have a keen sense of smell, hearing and sight, and can be very skittish, but once they have confidence in an area they will return, time and again. I suggest that with six you have a couple of parents and their cubs. If all become used to the area you could get them returning for years to come. If you are in a fairly rural area, dog food entices hedgehogs and badgers as well. Always clean up after a session as it also attracts feral cats and rodents. My new home in North Wales backs onto fields and woods and I have foxes and hedgehogs as regular visitors even when the halogen security lights are on.
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