ok so i been doing some product shoot, because i dont have a model, and outdoorsy thing is hard to get approve of.
my question is how did you guys start to take picture of people (model)? tfcd? tfp? family? friends?
other thing is that my equipment is very minimal, no flash! not yet. how do you guys overcome that, i did a location shoot with a friend and its very hard to achieve the lighting with just reflector, but i manage to snap few good one.
and for now im trying to get a flash, im stuck between vivitar 285hv or sb600, my problem is i want a flash that actually can be "safely" attach to my nikon, and easily adjusted with the ttl system. but in other hand vivitar is dirt cheap so i can get 2 of them and work from there on.

so help me. thanks.