Hello,

The best advice I can give choose studio flashes (strobes) (with modelling lights). Digital photography can be very tricky (e.g. white balance , dynamic range, ...). Okay it costs a lot, but see it as a long term investment . You can choose self contained units ( costing less 2 or 3 is a good starts and manufacturers sell ready-to-use kits with light modellers and so on ) or a power unit with flash heads ( more flexible but more expensive ).

One of the best manufacturer (quality/price) is Hensel. (Hensel Website) also a good flashmeter will be needed (Sekonic 358 to start) for tricky light situations. You can trigger your flash with a infrared trigger or better a radio based system all you need is flash head grip/socket on your camera or you can even use sync cable but it requires a sync socket but that doesn't very comfortable (cable being always where it mustn't)

But again it may be look expensive at first look but studio photography is "expensive" but better to buy a light system who will help you during years than spending money on stuff/manufacturer who will disappear in 2 or 3 years.

Hope it will help you.

Peace.

Aegy

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David "AEGIPAN" H. aka Aegy

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