Hey All,

Looks like flash is our next port of call, my GF wants to get into some portrait type work, and I also want to get some photos of our cars. This is just what pushed us to getting into flash photography and there's plenty of other stuff we want to use it on after reading through the strobist blog.

So being the gear addict that I am, I decided on 3-4 Yn-560's with Cactus V5 triggers. But picking light modifiers is where I'm struggling to find good info on a 'general purpose' type kit. Bearing in mind the maternity type portraits and automotive photos which were aiming for at the moment, what would you recommend for softboxes and the like? Size, shapes, number?

I was thinking along the lines of 2x 60cm softboxes, 1x 40x140cm stip softbox, a beauty dish of some sort and some snoots?

Any info would be much appreciated.