Joe McNally’s New Book: The Hot Shoe Diaries

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.]


Daym it, I haven’t even gotten hold of the first book over here in Malaysia!
Thanks for the heads up, I ordered the book yesterday.
Can’t wait (and it’ll be a while too).
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