Fill flash for direct sunlight outdoors - is a softbox important?

karenchii

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I'm fairly new at photography and the thing I'm working on now is being able to take pictures of people in direct sunlight outdoors. Is fill flash the answer? If so, would a softbox over my on-camera flash make a big difference?
I am looking to take group pictures (whole body shots).
If I don't have an assistant to hold up a reflector to bounce flash off of, how do you light up the shadows and have the pictures look good?
 
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