Potrait Help

[JAS_Photo]

A couple of times now, as an added fun little thing on the special occaision dinners, I have done portraits of the members and printed them off right away so they can take them with them at the end of the evening. My main problem though is getting my lights right. (The other mistakes, I can see and correct them in future but the lights are a real problem for me.)

Ok, so I do not have much experience posing people and we do not have much time per shot so I just do the best I can there.

So here is my setup: My camera is the commander and I have the flash on there set at 1/32 so it does not add to the photo. I have a Nikon SB600 and a SB900. I use them on the ETTL as the different size of groups means moving the light frequently. I have small umbrellas and they are on lightweight type stands. My camera is tethered to the computer so the file goes straight to the computer for quick printing. I photograph everything in jpegs as there is no time to adjust from raw.

My main problem is getting enough light evenly on my subject.

Here are a few photos that I took: The first of each set is how they came out of camera and the second is after adjustment to load on the club's Flickr account. Any suggestions are welcome: