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What is a good start for photography gear?

I want to buy gear for taking portraits of familys, children.. etc. I don't want to be a pro just taking them for my friends and family, and such. What would be a must have? I am drooling over the canon rebel xsi.. I am not sure about lenses, lighting, background drops.. any advice?

I totally agree with the entry level dSLR. For portraits you can probably get away with the kit lens. That's pretty much all I use for mine... i have an Olympus E-510 and I take portraits with my 14-45 lens.

Lights and backgrounds I get from ebay. You can get a decent little lighting setup for a couple hundred bucks. IF you are going to do families, you have to get backgrounds big enough for that. I hate doing family portraits to be honest. If there are 3 or 4 people its not too bad. More than that, not for me.

This is what I'd say you need to get started.

camera
background stand
backgrounds
2-150w/s monolights (or as big as you can afford)
At least 1 softbox and an umbrella
2 smaller strobes for background or hair lights (they don't have to be smaller)
A reflector and stand

The lights on ebay ofttimes come as a kit, with stands and umbrellas. They sell a lot of kits with most of this stuff included. Good luck to you.

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