Quote Originally Posted by calulot


I'm looking to purchase a budget lighting setup to learn some portrait and product photography...motivation (or excuse for more hobby purchasing) is that my wife is newly pregnant and I want baby belly pics. [img]/emoticons/emotion-2.gif[/img] I have a Speedlite 430 ex II that I use on camera now but that's the extent of my flash knowledge. Any resources or helpful information would be much obliged.
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If you're a beginner with off-camera flash, then read through David Hobby's (the Strobist's) Lighting 101. Then, take a gander at my own strobist write-up here. Then, after you're done the reading, take a look at your bank account balance--and decide on a budget number. Your budget will help me (and others) to make appropriate recommendations.