Hello I am new to this forum and I am sure I am much more of an amateur than the many talented professionals here. I prefer to shoot portraits and people scenes of travel photography. My Canon XTI Rebel Kit lens, the 18-55, broke (actually I have a theory that the security of a recent foreign country...

I work for a not for profit company, we are going to remote areas in Southeast Asia and South Asia to photograph, collect, and study traditional kite makers. This means that we can only carry limited equipment, and have very limited (mostly none) lighting options. We need to be able to take really good...