Tim, Here's a cheap flash system that I've tested on ceramics. I've also tried it for portraits recently, and found it working well. In the recent photo of a lady, as shown in the website, I bounced the flash on a white ceiling, about ten feet high: http://nazca.sni.ph/studio_light/ Elson -- Nazca Graphic Design & Photography http://nazca.sni.ph Kindelen Enterprises http://nazca.sni.ph/kindelen