Thanks, guys. Great points which and I will try again next time. In this particular case, it was kind of "Hey, Glenn, do you have your camera? We need a photo." And while the light wasn't horrible from a brightness perspective I wanted to play with my new flash to get used to it. I'll try it again next time and see what I can come up with.

One thing is that I need a better remote shutter release. The wireless (infrared) Canon one that I got last Christmas only works on one side of the camera and only gives me 2 seconds before the shot which is why I barely got a chance to slide into that position.

Anyway, thanks for the pointers... I'll keep trying.