So I took your advice, bumped it up to 2500 iso, let the flash do ettl for me and set the shutter around "6-1" much faster and I wouldn't get the ambient light I was looking for. Anyways, I am very pleased with the results and glad I took your advice!
Glad to have a forum like this that I can come to for help! Obviously I need more work, but this was my first time(I brought it one other time but barely got any shots because my batteries were practically dead and forgot extras!
) shooting with the 430ex( before I was shooting with the built in flash, god awful! ) C&C certainly welcomed! I want all the information I can take! These were all taken with the kit 18-55 and minimal post processing (some clarity / NR)