[Mike McCarty]

Hello John,

First I would like to congratulate you on your self portrait on your web site. That is really good stuff.

I shoot in natural light exclusively, however, I would concede that some of the scariest times I've had were arriving on foreign soil not knowing what I would find as far as quality of light (direction, location and size of windows etc.) and background.

I think that having and understanding an artificial light set up could reduce the stress considerably in these circumstances.