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It really is possible to do some of your on-location shooting - practically, productively and economically - using the modern generation of small, light, wireless, battery-powered intelligent strobe systems from manufacturers like Nikon & Canon. Just don't take it too far.
Strobist "Lighting 101" is probably the best place to start when you first decide to leave the studio lights at the hire centre:
Define "on-location shooting" here. If you've popped out on an editorial assignment to do a headshot in someone's home, office or hotel room, fine. If you've flown with a crew out to South Africa to spend three days shooting in sand dunes, forget about it.
Flash guns have narrow coverage, short reach, and not enough punch to cope with accessories and reflectors. And as soon as you need more than one or two of them it all starts to get horribly fiddly and complicated.
You can make more of them than most people do, but if you're really "on-location" they're no substitute for professional lighting.
In our humble opinion, of course! :-)
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