I'm fearful the photos will be dull without the flash. I have a large white foam board that I can setup overhead and bounce the flash off. Not sure what height I want the board to be, I guess about 8 feet? Obviously I have no experience with portraits and very little experience with using flash. I am pretty handy and could easily mount the flash off camera (ladder, tripod, tree limb, etc). I was under the impression that the camera could automatically trigger the off camera flash, I guess I'm wrong.

Keep in mind a newbie at this camera setting and flash settings would be helpful as well.

Thanks for the tips, keep them coming. I promise to post a photo or two if they turn out decent.