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We all need one good TTL hot shoe speedlight for walk-about bounce use (do use your white bounce card). And that result can be mighty good too, but then we often wonder what happens if we try a little harder? Off camera lights make a big difference. Umbrellas make a really big difference - when up close they give very a soft light, very flattering for portraits. And another light or two makes a really big difference too. The question then is which way to go? It is easy to put speedlights into umbrellas, and this works well. Or we could get actual studio lights. The following comparison speaks of more studied fixed setup multiple lights, like for umbrellas in the living room. The following about the difference is intended to be an introduction for those not yet familiar with these studio practices. There is a strong Nikon bias here, but much of this is not brand specific.

The Nikon Remote Wireless Flash System Is Easy To Use Nikon's automatic wireless remote speedlight system makes it phenomenally easy and convenient to use a couple of remote flashes (like Main light and Fill light). It allows easy off-camera remote flash, and it provides an automatic point&shoot wireless remote TTL multiple flash system. Automatic setup is surely the largest factor for many people. Just set a flash or two out there and they can work. Immediate automatic TTL multiple flash setup, vs. tedious manual setup. However manual flash does offer absolute and full control, and the system can also be used as a wireless triggering system for manual flash power levels (which is NOT to be confused with Manual flash mode - it is still very much Commander/Remote operation, and incompatible with much manual flash gear, such as optical slaves). Here is Nikon's Quick Guide for AWL setup instructions, with the menus of the various compatible gear.