Studio lighting kits?

[vmuffin555]

Hello everyone! I'm new to this forum. I'm a proud mommy who is looking for an economical studio lighting kit for my house. i've taken my daughter to various studios and they never get her to smile like i do, or when i get her to smile they're eating crap adn don't take the picture in time and i end up getting 30 pics that i'm not happy with for $200. Now, when i take pictures of her at home i get great smiles, great poses and 80+ pictures in the same time frame as the studio but i use sheets as my backgrounds and just have my digital canon rebel whose flash pops up constantly giving me unwanted shadows. Can anyone recommend an economical kit for my mommy hobby? Didn't really want to spend more than $200-$300. I was looking at a bunch of kits on ebay but people usually give them bad reviews because they're not up to par for the pros. I'm no pro so i just want something that will resolve for my family portraits.

Thanks!!!!

 

[Tinstafl]

I would look at continuous lighting, The wescott TDI6 get two of them and you can use a light colored sheet for a background and you do not have to worry about popping strobes or recycle time and you can see the light you are getting too. You will have to push the ISO up a bit on the camera but your rebel should be able to do 400 or so without much of an issue. There are strobe kits and stuff out there too and I use them but if you want to just take pictures of the kids you have it this way and it can double for video too if you ever want to do that too.

 

[vmuffin555]

Thanks for the suggestion!