Hi All.
I have my first paid shoot tomorrow. I have been shooting portraits for about 6 months now and have gotten really good results with off camera flash. I have a couple locations in mind, but i have a few questions. I took my sister and her kids down last weekend to do a trial run through location to get test shots/practice. Ill be shooting with two xsi's, a 50mm 1.8ii, a canon 100 2.8, and a 70-200 f4..along with two 430exiis, two shootthrough umbrellas and stands/ wireless triggers/etc.......
1. I definitely found great spots around this park, but i struggled with the placement of the flashes. 10 oclock for backlight and 5 oclock for main worked great, but being that i was shooting at a park with waterfall/stairs/woods/trails/creek, I often wasnt able to set up stands at that, and when my main flash crept over to 4 oclock the results were not that flattering. The rest of the photogs down there shooting portraits had flashes on camera with diffusers. Is that the way to go? I can pick up one locally for under 20$ and just use the umbrella set ups for when i have lots of room. Thoughts? I tend to like the results more of off camera flash than i do on camera, but I want the session to be fun and as least complicated as possible.
2. Should i use the 50 on one camera and the 100 on the other? Or skip the 100 2.8 and go 70-200 f4? This will be my first time with two camera bodies and want my focus to be on composition/pose more, not switching back and forth continually and second guessing myself.
Thanks in advance for the help.
John
