Two 580EXII Setup Advice needed

Hi I've been ask to cover this Church event at my local Salvation Army, and like almost all churches lights is always an issue. I did a test today and had to bump ISO between 1000 up to 1600 at the highest, some other lower using one Flash. Not bad just a bid of noise (didn't used any NR, I might play with that also to see).

I thought my best choice is to use two Speedlights, one on camera and the other from one angle on a Monopod. Thing is I never used this setup before, I just purchased another 580EXII next day so I have a bit of time to do some test, should be here tomorrow.

Any advice on this setup will be very appreciated, I'll be using 5DMKII.

Thank You

Alex

ISO1600 is fine on a 5DII, no NR required. ISO3200 is fine too, and is often preferable to flash in a church.

Using flash you risk having a bright foreground and a dark background, which I call the "black hole" effect. You have to light the whole room evenly if you do it that way, or drag the shutter, but that doesn't work if the light on the people is the same as the light on the background.

Use high ISO, that's why you have an expensive camera

tim wrote in post #10579189
Use high ISO, that's why you have an expensive camera

LOL Yes Sir! I believe you're right.
Thanks,

Alex