Places I recommend

Atlantic Beach, (BTS) 2008 from Stephen Eastwood (extras) on Vimeo.

Behind the scenes clips from a beach shoot on a horribly gray and wet day.
http://stepheneastwood.com/stuff/julia_amy_beach/

Behind The Scenes of a Sweater shoot from Stephen Eastwood (extras) on Vimeo.

Canon speedlites, on both 7D and 5D markII Using the ST-E2, or built in 7D flash or TT5 Pocket Wizards(E-TTL compatible).

580ex2's, 580ex, 550ex's

Check my tutorial page for details and a "whats in my speedlite kit" list! As well as a how it was lit section under what can be done with speedlites

http://www.StephenEastwood.com/tutorials