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<blockquote data-quote="Blade Canyon" data-source="post: 492945" data-attributes="member: 15302">In the past, I've shot parties by bouncing my speedlight off the ceiling.&nbsp; This weekend, the venue is a small outdoor patio.&nbsp; There is no ceiling, though I could bounce off the wall of the building, but that would mean bringing people to me rather than shooting them where they are.&nbsp; I prefer diffuse light to a direct shot from an on-camera flash.I can put a speedlight on a stand in the corner, high up and pointed directly down toward the center of the crowd.&nbsp; The Phottix trigger is TTL, so that works in theory if I get people to face the corner for the shot.&nbsp; My preference would be to use a white umbrella diffuser on the light stand, shooting the flash through the cloth, but I won't know until that night if the light is strong enough to survive getting through the diffuser to light up candids up to 20 feet away.Also, I have two speedlights, and two stands, but wouldn't know where to put the second one.Any tips from you professionals about this set up?&nbsp; Keep in mind that I'm also the host of this party, so I don't want to carry both a DSLR and second off-camera speedlight in my other hand.If I have to, however, I'll just put the speedlight on the camera and point it at the subjects with the diffuser on.&nbsp; Or maybe I'll buy one of those bendable white plastic light bouncers, or a Fongdong.Best option?WRS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blade Canyon, post: 492945, member: 15302"] In the past, I've shot parties by bouncing my speedlight off the ceiling. This weekend, the venue is a small outdoor patio. There is no ceiling, though I could bounce off the wall of the building, but that would mean bringing people to me rather than shooting them where they are. I prefer diffuse light to a direct shot from an on-camera flash. I can put a speedlight on a stand in the corner, high up and pointed directly down toward the center of the crowd. The Phottix trigger is TTL, so that works in theory if I get people to face the corner for the shot. My preference would be to use a white umbrella diffuser on the light stand, shooting the flash through the cloth, but I won't know until that night if the light is strong enough to survive getting through the diffuser to light up candids up to 20 feet away. Also, I have two speedlights, and two stands, but wouldn't know where to put the second one. Any tips from you professionals about this set up? Keep in mind that I'm also the host of this party, so I don't want to carry both a DSLR and second off-camera speedlight in my other hand. If I have to, however, I'll just put the speedlight on the camera and point it at the subjects with the diffuser on. Or maybe I'll buy one of those bendable white plastic light bouncers, or a Fongdong. Best option? WRS [/QUOTE]

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