Unless you know exactly the look that the firm is looking for, then you have to be prepared to handle some range of lighting. Since it's a law firm they will probably want something in the tradition/formal style. The pop up flash is useless for anything other than fill - forget that. A shoe mount flash with an Omnibounce (it looks like something like that was used for that sample) is only acceptable if there are light colored walls, ceiling and some ambient light to work with. That's a lot of "ifs" to walk into, so you really need more.
Individual portraits can be done very nicely with a single shoe mount type flash fired into an umbrella. Just set the umbrella 15º-30º off camera axis and center of the umbrella 1'-2' above the subject's eyes, with it angled down a bit. (You want some shadows/modeling and catchlights in the eyes.) For groups you set the umbrella close to side of the camera so that one person doesn't cast shadows on another. You have to check for even sided to side and front to back lighting. You'll need a stand, a bracket to hold the umbrella and flash (Bogen 2908 ?), a 45" umbrella, PC to shoe adapter (with 1/4-20 threaded bottom) and a PC cord to connect the camera to the flash adapter. With an hour or two of experimentation with the set up you should be able to get some very nice "pro" results. BR From: "Amita Guha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have a website client who wants me to take portraits of the staff of his law firm for the website. We will probably have a group shot that looks something like this http://www.dardeno.com/profile.php as well as individual portraits. Will I be ok using the istD and its popup flash, or should I use a hotshoe flash, or do I simply need a bigger setup than what I have?
