Indoor Lighting and An affordable light kit from limo studio

The next step for me in my photographic evolution is purchasing some studio lights. There so many things to consider and so many options: a soft box, beauty dish, ring light, diffused light direct light—where does one begin? Well for me I think I am going to start out with a very basic light kit for shooting products. Right now I am totally shooting guerrilla style and it shows. Indoors with very little natural light from one window. So yeah, I am in need of some professional lights.

I did some research and I am thinking of going with this basic and very affordable light kit from Limo. You can get in on Amazon and it retails for $55.00. Seriously I can spend that on dinner and drinks easy. I think this a good kit to get started and get my feet wet—though preferably not at the same time. And for the price it is certainly affordable. Then once I get better I can upgrade to more expensive professional lights. I also want to get a ring light, a beauty dish, a soft box, a reflector,  an off camera flash, an apple box…

In addition to learning how to shoot products I am also eager to learn now to shoot portraits indoors. This video by Jessica Kobeissi gives you a peek at what is like to shoot indoors with a direct flash for that J Crew catalog look.  You can also check out this video which uses a ring light. Both of these shoots were done in a house or apartment so no expensive studio needed. Have any of you ever shot indoors or used a ring light? And if you do shoot indoors or for You Tube tutorials is there a light kit or light that you would recommend?