Quote Originally Posted by bob williams View Post
But one one thing I have learned is that the more you do, the more you want. If you buy a Canon 430 or 580 flash first, you will have enough flexibility to figure out what type of work your going to do or want to do in the future.
I'll second that. I started with a single 430EX II. Later, I got an MT-24EX to go on the MP-E 65mm I picked up, and started using the twin lite as a master to trigger the 430 to light the background.

A second 430EX II, Einstein 640 monolight, a PocketWizard MiniTT1, two FlexTT5s, a PowerMC2 and AC3, and a whole bunch of modifiers later, and I'm wondering what's next...