Photo booth has low light

worked the first 3 days, now it so dark, all pix turn out black. nothing's changed in my room. any suggestions?

This is the only application that can make your iSight brighter:
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/iglasses/
But if it did work before well and now in exact the same conditions not then it is also possible the iSight is damaged. Maybe you can contact Apple Care for a replacement if you have still warranty.
Hopefully this is helpfull or solved your problem. Consider rewarding some points!
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There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto: You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Command-Click for selecting multiple pics.
(Note the above illustration is not a Finder Window. It's the dialogue you get when you go File -> Open)
You can access the Library from the New Message Window in Mail:
There's a similar option in Outlook and many, many other apps. If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
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For users of 10.6 and later: You can download a free Services component from MacOSXAutomation which will give you access to the iPhoto Library from your Services Menu.
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If your problem persists after the restart, try all relevant suggestions from Apple's How to Troubleshoot iSight.
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i tried several of the suggestions... not all of them yet ...
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