Kiki and I wanted to take advantage of the arbors set on the street dividers, but did not want the intrusion of all the surrounding elements; cars passing by, buildings, etc., so here's how we achieved night time pictures, taken an hour before sunset.
A single shoot through umbrella was set up, with a Vivitar 285HV speedlight, at 1/16 power, f.11, 400 ISO, positioned at about 45 degrees from the subject (on the sketch I drew the umbrella on the opposite side of where it was positioned-- my bad), and I stood directly in front of the subject. The camera had a speed light on it, but faced straight up towards the sky, as I used it only to fire the Vivitar with a sensor.
Hopefully this will help somebody do something new and creative. Come back and post a comment and let me know how it came out.
