Articles tagged with: Joe McNally
The journey to becoming a photographer means that you spend time with other photographers. In today’s digital world, spending time does not necessarily mean “to be in the presence of” — although that is always …
The summer run of Joe McNally’s One-Day Lighting Workshops has just concluded in Dobbs Ferry, New York (about 15-minutes up the Hudson River from NYC). As a guest instructor, I had a front-row seat and …
PixSylated is very proud to announce that Joe McNally will teach the ‘Hot Shoe Diaries’ workshop in Paso Robles April 20–24, 2009. The week-long workshop will cover many of the small-flash techniques presented in Joe’s …
I truly believe that our world is a better place because of the open exchange of ideas and information that happens through blogs. For me, that’s why the theft of blog content is such an …
According to the 1931 song, only “Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noon day sun.” Thanks to high-speed sync, flash photographers can now be added to the list. High-speed sync enables shutter speeds …
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops has just posted their schedule for Spring 2009. This is the schedule only; individual course descriptions should be available by the end of September. I’ve taken a number of workshops at …
This post last updated: August 3, 2008.
Back in the middle of photography’s dark ages, during the formative years of my youth (circa 1968), listening to shortwave radio was a keen fascination. When I visited my …
As flashmasters Joe McNally and David Hobby have proven again and again, the first step to getting an amazing photo with your strobe is to uncouple it from your camera and move it to the …
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 …
If you think of a photographer’s career as a roller coaster, then Joe McNally’s car has been around the track a bunch of times. To get a sense of his persona, mix equal parts of …

