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You can get away with a single flash as a fill and natural light, although saying that, using the strobe heads and umbrellas etc we have at school, it is nice to be able to completely control the light.
Planning to do the same thing though, a few YN-468's and receivers along with umbrellas and you can get quite a nice studio set up for <£200. Only thing to be careful with model photography, is at least one of you need to know what you want otherwise you end up stood there staring at each other hunting for ideas.
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