In the following studio scenario I have 2 x Elinchrom softboxes (400watt) series set at 2.0 which is the lowest light setting placed at 45 degrees in front of subject at approximately3-4 feet away. The setup is in a garage with minimal ambient light from the front of the garage's small windows in which it appears the soft boxes are overriding. I am using a Sekonic L-358 meter on the cordless flash setting which means it is put in the queue and waits for the burst of strobes (2 softboxes) to offer up a reading. I can increase the shutter or decrease the shutter and at 1/200 I am at 7.1. The problem is for the portraits I would rather use a wider aperture such as 4.0 (Using the canon 5D Mark III and 100mm 2.8 L USM Macro with IS). Unfortunately in cordless flash mode you can only work the shutter and the Av changes with it on the fly. I'd rather place 4.0 and see what the shiutter should be however I am thinking hi-speed sync at this point if the Elinchrom set up offers this (it may). I would be curious to any other options thought you may have such as pulling the soft boxes back further (?) to obtain that wider aperture. I've attached a sample of a portrait of a couple I shot. This was my very first session with the Elinchrom setup. I also had a 580EX about 8 feet high set at rear/left at 1/4 Manual to increase highlights in hair. Open to any thoughts or should I not be concerned with the 7.1 setting for portraits?