The kit features everything you need to meet your creative approach to lighting indoors or outdoors. With 2 high quality light stands and brackets your hotshoe flash unit (not included) can be put though its paces with the umbrellas provided to achieve high quality lighting on the fly. This STROBIES kit can be easily stored in the kit bag and ready to use in no time, With the two 36 " umbrellas your flash guns will achieve a greater distribution of light on your subject then when compared to using the flash unit without any other modifiers.