Getting started with new lights

quark

I am looking to get simple (cheap) light setup that would be fairly portable (i.e. drag to a wedding/church/school) for portraits. Also thinking about using it in the future for a small studio setting. Wanted to ask the wonderful dgrin folks first.

I am looking at the following kit becuase it seemed reasonable and portable but since I have zero experience with off-camera lights I am not sure.
Smith Victor KT900 3-Light 1250-Watt Thrifty Mini-Boom Kit

I have a set of canon cameras and lens, some are great low-light lenses but this seemed like a nice addition to the equipment.
Suggestions? Advice?

rjpat

You should check out http://strobist.blogspot.com/

quark

Thanks. This was helpful.

I also found the most wonderful forum post ever.
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=11771

Not sure what I can really afford for now but helpful stuff.