Lighting at the house

[jimchapin468]

I am wanting to take some photographs of my kids and I was wondering what is the most economical flash/light setup for the house? I have A Canon 20D, 24-70L Lens, 580 Flash.
Can someone here tell me what else I need such as reflectors and how to setup a basic flash studio in a room? Something that is very portable and light weight. Thanks Jimmy

[SkipD]

Bounce the flash off a white ceiling or wall. If you have neither, hang a white sheet in an appropriate place and bounce the flash off it. The resulting lighting will be MUCH softer and more pleasant looking than direct flash.

[Bob_A]

Bounce works great, and you might even get better results if you use a diffuser such as the LumiQuest 80/20. With my 420EX I found that even when I use bounce flash off a white ceiling that sometimes I pick up a bit of color on my subject from surrounding walls. With the 80/20 I never seem to have this problem.

When I don't have a low enough white ceiling to bounce off of I use a LumiQuest Mini-Softbox.