Marching Band

I need some help with taking photos of marching bands. The first I'm fairly pleased with, although the color was a bit muted (punched it up in ps). It's the second that bugs me: shadows on the faces. In this photo I tried using a flood on the ground pointing up, but it wasn't even close to enough light to avoid the face shadows. I haven't a clue about flashes. I'm using a Canon D30, Canon 70-200 L F4 USM lens. Recommendations for what I need to use to avoid the shadows like this?

http://www.bscandm.com/rhsmb1w.jpg
http://www.bscandm.com/rhsmb2w.jpg

Sorry, forgot:

Shutter Speed = 1/800
Aperture Value = 4.0
ISO Speed = 100
Focal Length = 200.0 mm

A fill flash from in front and below the subjects is what you need. Needs to be attached to the PC Sync socket on your camera.

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Originally Posted by bkdonnelly

I need some help with taking photos of marching bands. The first I'm fairly pleased with, although the color was a bit muted (punched it up in ps). It's the second that bugs me: shadows on the faces. In this photo I tried using a flood on the ground pointing up, but it wasn't even close to enough light to avoid the face shadows. I haven't a clue about flashes. I'm using a Canon D30, Canon 70-200 L F4 USM lens. Recommendations for what I need to use to avoid the shadows like this?

http://www.bscandm.com/rhsmb1w.jpg
http://www.bscandm.com/rhsmb2w.jpg

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Good job, but I'd try to get a little more detail in the white plumes (kinda blown out). The faces on the first two are good, but the third has too much shadow.