What is a good continuous light kit for a beginner photographer?
I haven’t looked into them in a while, but Adorama used to have continuous light kits marketed just under a house brand that weren’t bad. I don’t know who really manufactured them, but I know people who’ve bought them over the years and they seemed to work as advertised. Here is an example of one set. If you want to see others, go to their Flash/Lighting category page and then limit by manufacturer to “Adorama”. (Or you can list by ascending price and they’ll appear fairly quickly.) Depending on what you’re doing you can get either the bare lights and reflectors, or kits that include umbrellas and soft cases. My recollection of them was that the stands weren’t great but generally worked okay as long as you weren’t moving them around every day. They’re not what I’d call “professional” equipment in any sense of the word, but perfectly adequate for students or h
