Thank you.
My four year old and I have coloring/drawing contests all the time.
Someday soon I'm gonna kick his butt....
If only I could afford better crayons...
Crayolas would be nice.

that light set up was for a videographer needing a cheap lighting arrangment, but would work for stills as well.

compression of feild effect...
makes a big nose look small.
wide angles work great for anorexic stick girls, with pretty features, and also for profile shots...
but longer lenses help average people look better.....
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here's an example of compression of field effect...
the little cabin is about two football fields behind the subject. had I shot with a wide angle, the building would be tiny in the frame, and the road, trees and old fort would all be in the scene as well.

yeah, you'll have to experiment.
I'm big on using longer focal lengths, when you can.
I get giddy when I can put at least ten feet between my subject and the backdrop, then back up with a 100mm lens to get ther shot. Not always doable.

The zoom comment has to do with using variable aperture zooms, with manual strobes. the same rule applys to the kit lens. If you change the zoom, you'll need to re-check your exposure settings to compensate.

set your lens to 85 or 100 mm, and don't use the zoom, or you'll have exposure problems.
that looks to be an ok starter kit.
the only advice I'd offer is this:
the pentax 360, and 540 flash units with stands and umbrellas (1 silver, 1 white, and two shoot through) with stands will serve just as well, and be be more versitile, overall.
if you want pro lights, buy pro, the bottom of the line mono/studio lights don't have the build to stand up to rugged use, seldom have the range of accessories you may want, and often lack the control over output a pro might want.
(kinda like buying an El Camino. (link) Part car, part truck, sounds great at first, till you realize you got the load capacity of a car, with the passenger room of a truck....the worst of both worlds!)

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check out some of the (recent) archives where he starts out on a walk in the park, and winds up getting mugshots!

Sorry..(.A.D.D.).
It just seemed like the panning topic covered everything....and I couldn't resist the op to crack a joke!

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use your spouse, set up your lights on lightstands with umbrellas on manual. use some string (as a measuring tape) and workout a setup that works, and can be repeated easily.
get your umbrellas as close to your subject as possible. Try mastering one light and a reflector, then try two lights and a reflector.

"Pinochio didn't change his name when he became a real boy"

Oh great.. Pinochio
There's a creepy show....
Some creepy, lonely old man, runs a toy store.
Makes himself a puppet with a nose that looks (and acts) suspiciously like a....
Some fairy comes by his place in the middle of the night, to make the puppet a real boy....
First thing the old man says is "Come on Pinochio, lets go to bed"

Creepy old Geppettophile....

keep the film, but set it aside for now.
If you need to learn some photography, learn with good film (a couple rolls of slide will tell you lots while learning, but even a few rolls of good print film would do). One less variable to troubleshoot if your photos don't turn out quite right.

have fun.

Yes. Doing business in Canada is difficult.
Dealing with various Governments, and Revenue Canada, feels like you're having your wallet lifted during a prostate exam.