Holy Inspiration Batman!!

I took a B&W film Fashion Photography class a while back and one recurring assignment was to pull an image from a magazine and examine the lighting. We were graded on our accuracy of deciphering the direction of light and instruments used ( ie...soft box, reflector, hair light, spot light, on camera flash...etc etc) Anyway, those exercises stuck with me and while I prefer to shoot with mainly ambient light, I often find it intriguing to try to figure out the formula of light when I see fun artificially lit images.
Anyway, I recently stumbled across the website of Joe McNally and I was TOTALLY inspired. I clicked through image after image and was completely enthralled at his work.... He is a master at artifical AND ambient light!!! It was so fun to sit before each picture and pick apart how it was lit, whether assisted or natural.
What makes him even cooler is that he's shot on a military air and naval base, which has always been my dream.
I left his site being totally inspired.
Now I want to go buy a bunch of spots and go shoot...anyone wanna model for me?? ;)

here are a few of his amazing shots...



(ps) he shoots Nikon ;)