After watching the strobist lighting seminar I asked Katrina to be my subject. One thing I learned was that the closer the flash is to a subject the bigger the light source and the softer the light is. So I tested it out and wow it is great. The down side this is very hard to do with a baby so I could not do it with Lillie.

You can read more into this following the following link.
Lighting 102 Strobist.com Apparent Light

Strobist:

On background upper camera left behind Katrina Vivitar DF400MZ 1/1 power.
Camera upper left 1 feet away Canon 580 EX II on 1/8th power with 1/2 cto gel With 30 inch shoot through umbrella.

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