Right, my dream is know Mark personally, im from Argentina and if in any moment go to Europe (i dont know where lives Mark actually?).
If i can talk with him, sure talk about gear and that things.
Sorry for my bad english and cheers from Buenos Aires, Argentina
I think as with Mark's attitude towards fame, the question would be "to know MK personally for what"? Just to say general things about how I love his music? As if he really cares.
For most of us, we don't have stories like this guy who got out of suicide thoughts by listening to Mark's music, so I'm afraid there's no real reason to "know" the man.
It makes more sense if you want to record songs with MK, do some real work in the studio that he own, than just finding ways to know somebody who doesn't care.
And the funny thing is that sometimes fans know more about artist's work than the artist himself, you can often hear them say "I don't know, ask fans for that", so I'm afraid MK is also not the man to talk about gear as well.
So bottom line is, I can't see a single reason to approach MK including photos, signatures and what not. I have a very pleasant habit of when I see famous person I admire, I never approach this person and pretend that I don't care.