ok so I didn't know lighting was as expensive as it is, shoot me. Like I have said before everything is new to me I read up on things when I have the time. You must have a spouse that is very supportive of you and is helpful. I just figured this was a site to learn things on that is what I am trying to do. I say what I want and so does everyone else good or bad.
Of course top end lighting is expensive...they are just having a bit of fun with you because of how vague your original post was.
Start small; start with a few speed lights that you can trigger off camera or if you really want to go the studio route, try out a couple of the Alien Bee 400's. Heck, if you want to go even cheaper, head over to home depot, pick up some white poster board, a couple of work lights, a gray card over at the paint area, some gaffers tape, and a couple of clamps, and you can recreate most of what you see on this site. FWIW, the tape and clamps are to position your lights, the poster board is a reflector, the grey card is so you can set the proper white balance and not have your pics come out orange. Heck, go whole hog and pick up a sheet of insulated dry wall or one of those car reflector thingies and you will have a full size reflector. People were taking professional photographs long before TTL technology, radio triggers, and $12,000 monolights powered by battery packs. It can be done, you just need to figure out what's important to you.
You need to decide your priorities, what kind of results you are looking for, what kind of situations you are interested in shooting, and a budget. Stop wasting time arguing about grammar. When you figure out those key things, somebody will be able to offer you some realistic, and possibly, even some helpful advice.
