Due to unfortunate circumstances, I wasn't able to take studio photography for a third time at my school. My intention was to use my third semester there as business opportunity for headshots and portraits in studio, but since that is not possible, I instead have opted for outdoors while the weather here is still good.

I've already done several shoots recently, which I will be posting up shortly, and so far I think they have been going pretty well. However, I am contemplating on whether to buy a new flash or a new lens.

My current equipment:

Camera
Olympus E520 x 2 batteries

Lens
14-42mm 3.5-4.5
40-150mm 4-5.6
OM 50mm 1.8

Flashes
Sunpak 444D
An old "unnamed" Flash that has an extended sync cord.

2 tripods
and several foamcore boards (i usually bring 1 or two since I can manage to carry only so much)

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Although the OM 50mm is crisp and my favorite lens to use, it is a manual focus lens which usually cause more power drain on my live as well as higher chance for imperfect shots (focus wise). That's were the need for the 14-52mm 2.8-3.5 comes in. Others suggest that the 50mm 2.0 would better, but to concerns about slower autofocus speed and the fact that I already have that range cover, replacing my 14-42 with an extra 10mm may be the better option in conserving range for multiple situations.

As for the flash, I am looking towards the Fl-36r ($175) or the Fl-50r ($350) mainly for the fill flash, TTL, and remote feature. My cabled flash can be placed semi remotely, but it is a bit complicated and i require more automation.

Anyway, thanks for stopping by and looking at my work. If you have advice to my situation, I welcome your suggestions.