What I might possibly need

I have two options at my disposal for my thesis project: photo or painting, maybe even both. For painting, I'll just need a limited palette and a gigantic canvas to lay down my final work, possibly two gigantic canvases. For photo I need more than just a camera, processing software and models. I'll need lights.

While I can possibly create anything I need with photoshop, the less processing I have to do, the better. I mean, I'm already worried about the money situation if I decided to take that route for thesis, I don't want having to 'shop the fuck out of a photo all up in my head as well. So Alien Bees, please help me.


One of these should do the trick, and maybe some other hardware, but this thing, based on what I have read is a beast, and I'll need all the assistance I can get.