Studio Kit

White, black, and chromakey green backgrounds?

I'm thinking those lights are going to be really dim and still need some relatively long shutter speeds. I'd have to go back and look, but I think those are in the range of the modeling light wattage on the studio lighting I have which would make it good for getting an idea of the lighting but not actually lighting the shot.

My first lighting was a set of Canon Speedlites. It worked pretty well, and had the advantage that it was really portable compared to carrying studio lights and not having to worry about where to plug in. Biggest downside was not plugging in I had to worry about batteries. Bought a background stand set along with 3 light stands individually along with a couple of umbrellas. Instead of muslins I went with seamless paper, mostly because it was cheaper. The kit you linked looks like pretty much the same background stand I have.

Guess the tl;dr version, probably not a bad price if all you're expecting is the stands and background. I'm guessing you'll wind up unhappy with the lighting.

Here's what I've got for lighting http://www.paulcbuff.com/b400.php - It's an Alien Bee b400. Smallest one they sell, but did a really good job while I was using it.

The background and light stands are probably the most useful parts of the kit you linked. The muslins are okay, but you probably can get by with paper instead. And unless these are different than what I've seen, the background uprights are the same as light stands, just with different tops. The background uprights I have have the same head as my light stands except for a threaded top to hold the background cross piece in place.

I can't imagine you'd use the chroma key background all that much.

Specifically what are you wanting to do? This kit seems too much like a one size fits all, and without knowing what you want out of it it's hard to give much advice other than the lights are too dim.

That needs to be on a t-shirt There's a discussion in here somewhere about how the tendency, especially of those just starting out, to keep acquiring new gear to try and get better before understanding what's really needed.

Another good site to read is http://strobist.blogspot.com/

I wasn't sure about the green one but it would be nice to have a black and a white one. I wanted to get backdrops, originally, and then I saw there were studio kits including umbrella lights. I'm still browsing through eBay. Since I work with kids more often than anything else, slow shutter speeds aren't going to be always useful. =)