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Joe McNally’s New Book: The Hot Shoe Diaries

By Syl Arena on July 14, 2008 – 11:12 am5 Comments

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If Joe McNally were a cartoon character, I think he’d be the Tasmanian Devil (although I’m sure that some days ol’ Joe feels like he’s Wile E. Coyote). Why the Tasmanian Devil? He never slows down. Between shooting, blogging and teaching, Joe’s the photographic equivalent of a whirling dervish. Fortunately for the legions that follow in his dust trail, Joe has also been carving out time to write his next book The Hot Shoe Diaries – Creative Applications of Small Flashes.

Good news. You can pre-order it now on Amazon. For those who waited to order Joe’s first book, The Moment It Clicks, and could not get it until the second printing, you know that you’ll want to pre-order your copy of The Hot Shoe Diaries. So, do it now. We’ll wait for you to come back. If all goes as planned in the McNally household and at New Riders Press, you’ll have it in hand by Christmas.

And for the four of you who have been reading PixSylated for a while, the answer to your other question is “Yes”. I’ll pimp The Hot Shoe Diaries just like its big brother. Click here if you’d like to get a close look at Joe’s first book and read my original post on ‘Pimping Your McNally’.

For frequent McNally installments and more details on The Hot Shoe Diaries, keep an eye on Joe’s blog.

[And thanks to The Man himself for giving this cub reporter the go ahead to run with the story before he made the big announcement.]

5 Comments »

  • ShaolinTiger says:
    July 15, 2008 at 1:42 am

    Daym it, I haven’t even gotten hold of the first book over here in Malaysia!

  • Andy Tan says:
    July 15, 2008 at 9:45 pm

    Thanks for the heads up, I ordered the book yesterday.

    Can’t wait (and it’ll be a while too).

  • [Quick]Picks vom 31.07.08 - fotos.neuweger.com - … best viewed with open eyes … says:
    July 31, 2008 at 2:15 am

    [...] weiteres, gut gemachtes Blog zum Thema Fotografie ist pixsylated.com, dort bin ich z.B. auf die Ankündigung von Joe McNally’s neuem Buch [...]

  • Cyberward.net » Blog Archive » Get your new McNally says:
    December 4, 2008 at 4:57 am

    [...] This should be on anyone’s list that has a flash. I came across this announcement recently at pixSylated. I had heard of this book coming (on Joe’s blog) but not that it was in pre-order. One other [...]

  • Kara says:
    April 8, 2009 at 11:46 pm

    Hi Everyone,

    I work for Peachpit Press and I wanted to alert all of you to a promotion we have going on. When you sign up for a free trial with Safari Books Online, which contains thousands of books covering digital photography, you’ll get a copy of ‘The Hot Shoe Diaries’ or another book of your choice. There is no obligation to join or send the book back when your trial expires. Check it out here:

    http://www.peachpit.com/safaribookpromo

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