Unless I get a surprise Christmas check or graduation money, getting a studio lighting kit doesn't look like its going to be in the budget for a while. So I will have to do my early portrait work with my external flash unit - a Canon 580 EX.
I know that direct flash isn't the way to go, and that I should bounce it off the ceiling or wall. Is there a particular angle that I should bounce it at? If I am using a diffuser, should I use the Exposure compensation?