The Hot Shoe Diaries: Creative Applications of Small Flashes

Legendary magazine photographer Joe McNally shows photographers how to achieve stunning results with flash. -Joe McNally is one of the worlds top pro digital photographers -Joe tackles flash in what will become the go-to book on this topic -Reader will learn the same techniques that Joe teaches in his on-location workshops that are usually reserved for a handful of photographers each year When Joes not on assignment for the biggest-name magazines and Fortune 500 clients, hes in the classroom teaching location lighting, environmental portraiture, and how to get the shot at workshops around the world. These onlocation workshops are usually reserved for a handful of photographers each year, but now you can learn the same techniques that Joe shares in his seminars and lectures in a book that brings Joes sessions to life. In this book, Joe delivers the definitive guide to flash. He starts with the basics and how to get started and then moves on to techniques for using really simple approaches (one light, two light). The book contains a discussion of whats in the camera bag lighting wise, gadgets, field survival, light shaping tools, approaches, and more. All along the way he imparts his photography wisdom and gets the reader to move on past their fears, showing them examples of disasters and how to recover. Each section contains straight talk and a rundown of what can happen on location. By the same author The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the worlds top shooters, Joe McNally ISBN: 9780321544087, 272 pages, $49.95 Aust RRP, January 2008.