It depends on what you want to do Huck. Are you going to be doing portraiture, outdoors, indoors, etc. Off camera lighting should come later if you don't have a good lens, such as a 50mm or 85mm prime, IMO. Learning proper lighting techniques is a honed craft that takes a long time, and I feel like unless you've pretty much mastered using ambient light, you should get a good prime lens and focus on learning depth of field and naturally lighting your subject. For the most part, and short of pros, most people will produce much better work with natural light than with flashes. Then take the plunge into off cam lighting when the time is right.
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