[bhursey]

It is really hard to not blow out the dress. I think having light at a angle can do it. As for flash. The Luma Pro is for strobe work not on camera. I would suggest getting the 430 or 580 ex. I also could not afford one so I modified a SB-24 it has a 120 100iso guide number and recycle is not that bad but you need fresh batteries. I got mine used for 89$. You can shoot in auto thyristor mode. You just have to set the fstop and iso on the flash to match the camera. So you have to shoot in manual. This takes allot of practices. So good luck. I would get a flash bracket or bounce off the roof. In the reception keep the iso at 800 or 1600 with flash to save recycle time. So like for example I shoot in range of f5.6 - f8 800-1600 iso 1/100-1/250 at the reception. Carry a whole lot of batteries also.