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When it comes to photography, it’s all about the light.
After spending more than thirty years behind the lens—working for National Geographic, Time, Life, and Sports Illustrated—Joe McNally knows about light. He knows how to talk about it, shape it, color it, control it, and direct it. Most importantly, he knows how to create it...using small hot shoe flashes.
In The Hot Shoe Diaries, Joe brings you behind the scenes to candidly share his lighting solutions for a ton of great images. Using Nikon Speedlights, Joe lets you in on his uncensored thought process—often funny, sometimes serious, always fascinating—to demonstrate how he makes his pictures with these small flashes. Whether he’s photographing a gymnast on the Great Wall, an alligator in a swamp, or a fire truck careening through Times Square, Joe uses these flashes to create great light that makes his pictures sing.
After spending more than thirty years behind the lens—working for National Geographic, Time, Life, and Sports Illustrated—Joe McNally knows about light. He knows how to talk about it, shape it, color it, control it, and direct it. Most importantly, he knows how to create it...using small hot shoe flashes.
In The Hot Shoe Diaries, Joe brings you behind the scenes to candidly share his lighting solutions for a ton of great images. Using Nikon Speedlights, Joe lets you in on his uncensored thought process—often funny, sometimes serious, always fascinating—to demonstrate how he makes his pictures with these small flashes. Whether he’s photographing a gymnast on the Great Wall, an alligator in a swamp, or a fire truck careening through Times Square, Joe uses these flashes to create great light that makes his pictures sing.
About the Author
JOE McNALLY is an internationally acclaimed American photographer and longtime photojournalist. His most notable series is “Faces of Ground Zero—Portraits of the Heroes of September 11th,” a collection of giant Polaroid portraits. He also photographed “The Future of Flying,” the first all-digital story for National Geographic. His award-winning work has appeared in numerous magazines and, in 2008, Joe wrote the critically acclaimed and bestselling book The Moment It Clicks.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
What Have I Been Missing All These Years?,
This review is from: The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light from Small Flashes (Paperback)
I have owned at least 3 speedlights at a time over the last 10 years. I never thought of using them in this fashion until picking up this book. It will change the way you think about light. Lighting is everything and this book shows you how to create just about any lighitng effect without emptying your wallet in the process.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pro knowledge about portable flash,
By LGM (Vancouver, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light from Small Flashes (Paperback)
Having seen McNally present his portfolio slideshow several times, I'm a big fan of his work, and this book is an order of magnitude better than his previous book "The Moment It Clicks". The technical information is helpful when deconstructing each shot (as every enthusiastic photographer should be doing all the time), and the anecdotes are interesting.Part One of the book shows the consideration that each professional photographer must grapple with before every set-up, and provides a knowledge base that is critical to success. As an experienced photographer, myself, I find plenty of information that took me years to learn by trial and error, and some that is new. Most of the book presents large picture spreads with colourful writing describing the technical and environmental problems that he needed to overcome. These are interesting, and are technically pumped up versions of the previous book. I'm not really crazy about the writing style ... too much fluff to get to the punch line of each pithy joke, and too colloquial in tone. The "Hey ... I'm from New York" thing is way overdone, and is even less funny than somebody trying to write in a Texas drawl, or Irish brogue. In fairness, he talks this way too, and I suppose it's a style that suits his purpose. Overall, this is a good book for the knowledgeable photographer looking to advance his skill set with portable flash techniques, and for the imaginative neophyte who wants to consume every aspect of the medium.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just Amazing,
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This review is from: The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light from Small Flashes (Paperback)
This is just the best photography book for someone who want to learn how to use decently the speedlights! Really recommended for nikon user since Joe McNally uses Nikon system. But I think it can be really helpful to anyone. Wow I am really amazed by Joe's talent and his fun way to explain photography !Highly Recomended
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