- ISBN13: 9780321580146
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
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… More >>
The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light from Small Flashes
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#1 by Aquaria on February 4, 2010 - 3:25 pm
Like many of you, i am VERY visual. I utterly judge a book by its cover. By looking at the cover of this book i had no idea what it was, none , zip. The big print in the title says nothing about actual content. And because nudes or athletics do not interest me in any form, i just passed over this book . It was not until i saw it again on Amazon that i realized it was a photographic advice type book. If i had known, i might have bought it. But i rebel against ambiguity in publishing: i want printed matter to be clear. So publishers and authors, it is just something to think about.I am sure that i am not the only one who makes flash judgements…
Rating: 2 / 5
#2 by Jock Goodman on February 4, 2010 - 5:56 pm
Yesterday I just finished an intensive hands on, real, on set, training workshop with Joe and models on a windy rocky beach and it was worth every penny. I asked him if his brand new book, “Hot Shoe Dairies” he’d mentioned was a “how to” book and he said it was a few hundred pages of exactly what we worked on only more in depth and the result of years of mastering the small portable flash. So if the book is even half of what we learned it is worth twice the price. The Nikon creative lighting system is amazing and has NO EQUAL. I will order as soon as I finish this. Jock Goodman
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Avid Reader on February 4, 2010 - 6:04 pm
I was very disappointed in this book. While it does offer some suggestions about using hot shoe flashes it is geared mainly to Nikon users. It does not go into enough detail about flash settings, how to remotely trigger flashes etc. I would not recommend it.
Rating: 1 / 5
#4 by Mr. David R. Smith on February 4, 2010 - 7:28 pm
Sorry this is not the type of book i was looking for. A Mate said it got good reports, I have the Nikon videos which some of the book is refering to..
Rating: 3 / 5
#5 by Right-not-Left on February 4, 2010 - 8:28 pm
In the author’s own words, he says that his wife thinks he jumps from one topic to another, etc. His writing style is so annoying, I cannot & will not read this book. I usually take a book out from my local library, and if I like it, then I head to Amazon and order it. This will not happen here. If Amazon allowed a ZERO-star rating, I would give it to this book!
Rating: 1 / 5