I was reseraching off camera lighting on strobist and was pretty amazed at things that can be done...I think I will look into an umbrella and softbox next but budget is definitaly there so I took one step at a time. I think that learning about basics first is very important because money can't buy you knowledge so having all the equipment in the world without knowing how to utilizing it and using it to do what you want is not worth a penny.

Right now my ar-15 is my primary goal that I am saving the money for