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It really depends on what kind of shots you're looking for.
For street photography, you don't need permission or a model release form as long as you don't use the image for any kind of commercial or financial gain. As mentioned before, as long as those you're photographing are in a public place and have no "reasonable right to privacy", you're fine. Personally, my street photography is done using a telephoto lenses at events like parades, carnivals and things like that. There's a pamphlet written by a lawyer here in the US called "The Photographer's Rights". Here is the link:
http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm
If you're interested in shooting model photography, look around online for some good beginner tutorials on posing and lighting, then get some friends to come model for you.
Here's a good site with some information on portrait photography (just search around, read related articles, etc...):
http://digital-photography-school.com/tips
This site has some good tips and stuff, too:
http://photo.tutsplus.com/
Sooner or later you'll get into lighting. Here are a few blogs that have a lot of good information:
Strobist: http://strobist.blogspot.com/
Zack Arias: http://www.zarias.com/
David Ziser's Digital Pro Talk: http://digitalprotalk.blogspot.com/
Dustin Diaz did a lighting 365. His Flickr Photostream is full of BTS information: http://www.flickr.com/photos/polvero/sets/72157611811908959/
I also read Joe McNally's Hot Shoe Diaries when it came out. It has a lot of information:
http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Shoe-Diaries-Light-Flashes/dp/0321580141
He also has a blog:
http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/
I enjoyed Joe McNally's book The Hotshoe Diaries, which walks you through tons of scenarios of using small off-camera flashes. If you want more where that came from, there's Sketching Light.
I like the hotshoe diaries and the moment it clicks, both by Joe McNally. Hot Shoe diaries is more lighting specific, and really focuses on using small flashes to get good results.
I'm going to link to a few of my recent posts that might be relevant because they describe a specific facet of my photography. Perhaps you'll find something interesting there. Please feel free to ask any questions if you'd like further elaboration on them, or just something in a different direction.
For books, consider most of the books that Joe McNally has released, especially the Hot Shoe Diaries.
TL;DR: Hopefully the tumor is just a bad case of constipation.
In all honesty there are many entry level DSLRs out there that are great and very afordable. Canon 60D, nikon 3200, sony 320; it really doesn't mater, just get a good body with a stock lense from a reputable dealer.
Now as a photojournalist you will do lots of staged shots, usually for interviews and such; you'll have time to sit down with the person in their field of work, setup an area to take a picture, and take it. More important then the camera itself would be the lighting. I would make sure to put some money aside to get a shoe flash and a remote wire for it. The remote will allow you to hold the flash off to the side or above your subject, pointing it in whatever direction you want, allowing you easy, afordable lighting solution.
Hot Shoe Diaries by Joe McNally has many great examples how to use a single, or several flashes to achieve professional results. Learn how to bouce light with a shoe flash, it will do wonders for your photography.
Good luck to you!
The Hot Shoe Diaries!
Why is there never any love for Hedgecoe in these threads?
For a beginner, go with John Hedgecoe's New Manual of Photography. It breaks everything down into easy to read lessons that are no more than two spreads long (most actually cover one spread with lots of pictures). It's great.
Then I'd suggest McNally's Hot Shoe Diaries but it's a bit advanced though a great read if you want to get into flashes.
Joe McNally's The Hot Shoe Diaries is excellent, as is Sketching Light.
On the contrary, I think he knows exactly what he is doing. His book "The Hot Shoe Diaries" is one of the best books on lighting I've read:
http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Shoe-Diaries-Light-Flashes/dp/0321580141
Are you shooting Canon or Nikon? For Canon get a copy of the Speedliters Handbook. For Nikon get a copy of Hot Shoe Diaries.
What color did you get?
I know the feeling. When I bought my K200D it seemed like a ton of money and forever before it arrived.
As soon as you can start using the AF-200 and see what it does and doesnt do to images. Then get on the Strobist and learn what you can do with off camera flash. If you really want to get into that kind of photography it is extremely rewarding. You create light that doesnt exist. Read "The moment it clicks" and "Hot Shoe Diaries" and be prepared to be addicted. When you are ready to take the plunge, go to Gadget Infinity and check out the Cactus RF60 can do.
Gotta take a look at that, The hot shoe diaries was a really nice book :D
I also like The Hot-Shoe Diaries for flash concepts. It is less science, and more "in the trenches", but I've gotten a lot of practical ideas from it. The only downside is that it is pretty Nikon DSLR centric, but since off-camera flash is usually done manually anyway, the concepts apply everywhere.
Not so accurate at describing the Nikon solutions.
One of the reasons I got a D300 was for the wireless iTTL capability. It can control any number of flashes in three banks. The main flash and each of the three banks can be individually controlled. Perhaps the 7D has this capability, but no other Canon does. Nikon's Creative Lighting System is pretty amazing.
I also disagree with the statement that using a hotshoe-mounted flash is a terrible idea. Better advice is to read Joe McNally's Hot Shoe Diaries and see how a real pro uses speedlights.