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Would also appreciate sharing your personal knowledge on the above subject.

Thank you very much.

A good site for lighting techniques is:

http://www.dg28.com/index.htm

Beyond that, you don’t have to spend a ton of money to light a photo indoors with a few inexpensive flashes – think Nikon SB-28s or Vivitar 283/285s – a radio remote and some optical slaves. It really depends on what effects you’re trying to achieve.

Here is a very very rough list of what you would require in a reasonable studio.
You can do the research on pricing.

2 x professional standard cameras (either Dslr or medium format)
Range of lenses from wide to medium telephoto
4-6 strobe lights
Reflectors, umbrellas, softboxes, snoots etc
stands
tripod
backgrounds (at least 3 or 4)
background stands
props ranging from basic chairs and stools/posing boxes to whatever you want.
Computer, editing and studio management programmes
printer(s) – top quality if producing your own prints.

I am sure there is a load more stuff but that is what I can think of off the top of my head.

Figure on 30-40k absolute minimum to fully equip a studio.
The cameras and lighting equipment alone will set you back around 10-20k depending on what you get.

So far on my list:
Nikon d90
Lenses
UV filter
Polarizer filter
Neutral density filter
Tripod
Shutter release cable remote
Flash

I’m not too worried about the printing of my photos. So no scanners or anything related to printing. What else could I be missing on my list? Ideas, comments, help?
A lens hood

Alot of times you find what people carry in thier kit depends on thier individual shooting style. You certainly have a good starting list but what you need may vary from what I need. As an example for fhotoaces shooting a flash may be a low priority. I recently find I am doing more and more location portraits and such. I could do them with available light and reflectors but I find now I always go prepared to light and speedlights are much easier to carry than my studio monolights. So in my kit its not unusual to find multiple speedlights ( as many as 6 for some things though you would be surprised what you can do with one) lightstands and umbreallas are also there liight usually snoots and grid from honl and color correction gels for the speedlight all go in the bag The D90 works with the creative lighting system and that is a powerful tool for lighting. You may want to go to the local bookstore or library and look at a copy of "The Hotshoe Diaries" by Joe McNally

Don’t skimp on the tripod a good tripod and head pays for itself many times over and will last you a lifetime. You may want to add a grad to the list of camera filters. And if this is your first DSLR then the digital field guide for your camera by wiley may prove easier to read digest than the manual that comes with the camera

But in truth what I carry would be different if I were doing mostly wildlife work or macro work and even within areas of photography many folks have different styles. As an example many portrait photographers are shooting with wider angle lenses than would have been considered a "standard" portrait length a few years ago as that is a look they like better. So you may want to get the camera and a few necessities then wait and start shooting. Buy the other things as you find you need or want them for a particularl look. If there are photoclubs in your area you may find folks there that also shoot nikon that are willing to let you try some of thier gear on group events to see if its something you need or want.

hope this helps