The website and blog of Joe McNally
Here in Iceland with some of the most international photographers I’ve ever had attend a single workshop. The ten participants came from the US, Canada, Libya, Israel, Spain, Australia and Singapore.
Working with some amazing talent each day, including Ingo (above), a local character, to say the least.
The above is one SB900, shot with a 600 f/4, 1.7TC, TTL line of sight, moon and background, available moon light.
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A leap in the desert! From the introductory campaign for the Nikon Z 9. Will C Styles articulates explosive athleticism in the air. A premier Las Vegas performer, he is able to physically make beautiful shapes in mid flight. Shot with the Z 9 and Nikkor 100-400mm lens. Hi-speed sync with the Profoto Pro 11 power packs, a formidable source of lighting power.
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To visit Tuscany is to visit one of the most amazingly beautiful, serene places on earth. Verdant vineyards, astonishing vistas and architecture, legendary food and wine. Grateful for a memorable week with dear friend and fellow instructor Tamara Lackey, and an incredibly talented group of photographers and wonderful companions! A super fun time all-around. Highlight here was a fantastic photo shoot day thanks to Drive the Vintage providing classic Vespas and Fiats and beautiful Italian models, complete with scarves, sunglasses and a sense of 60’s Italy. Staging was at the picturesque vineyard Fratelli Urbani, with a Fiat converted to an on-location pizza oven! We experienced the romance of Italy with a stay at Villa Pozzolo, as close to an original Tuscan villa as anyone will find. There we languished in the slow tempo of the countryside, as continuous smells of boundless, traditional meals being prepared mixed with the country breezes. There is beauty everywhere in Tuscany when you put your camera to your eye. For those interested in portraiture, landscape, macro work, food, wine, and relaxing camaraderie, as well as advancing your photo skills, there is no more complete workshop!
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The light goes on! Beautiful thing about photography is you can make a picture of an imagining in your head, and it becomes real. If you have a wonderful cooperative model such as @ambertutton, of modeling fame in the UK. We’ve worked together for about 10 years and when we did this she looked at me and asked, “Joe, have you finally gotten tired of photographing my face?” Never! Amber is beautiful and terrific to work with, always up for a photo adventure. Shot this in conjunction with @profoto, in the UK some years ago. Just did a webcast which lives now on YouTube about fueling a creative life for #brookdaleliving. LINK IN BIO⬆️
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Heading to Italy! Will be in Florence for a bit and then in a historic villa in the Tuscan countryside. Doing a workshop in this beautiful place w fellow @nikonusa ambassador @tamaralackey. The whole workshop produced in magnificent style by @acahillmac. Landscape, portraits, cityscapes, color, light and lens for a solid week in one of the most beautiful places on earth. This fashion frame shot from a trip years back in Milan in partnership with @manfrottoimaginemore as the Duomo looms beautifully in the background.
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A photo walk in Gdansk! A truly wonderful and historically important city in Poland. I was invited by the camera store, @cyfrowe_pl, to participate in the ŚwiatłoSiła Photo-Video festival (Festival of Light) which was enormously popular. What a fantastic experience! I enjoy the company of fellow photographers, and the crowds were friendly, passionate and gracious. I posted a shot from our photo walk using nothing but hard light. Folks asked for other shots and techniques from our walk down by the docks with the amazing @_frostmagdalena. Big Thanks to @zieniuphoto and @filipkowalkowski who were terrific hosts, and we all collaborated so well. A blog about the event to come!
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Just back from Poland and the ŚwiatłoSiła Photo & Video festival organized by the incredible team @cyfrowe_pl.
The event (The Festival of Light) was a terrific, energetic celebration of photography, attended in large numbers. I had three events, and this particular frame is available light in harsh sun during our Photo Walk. Loved the Photo Walk as it took place as a meander through the old, historic docks and cranes of Gdansk. Happy to have had the opportunity to visit Gdansk, still an important port city in Poland and the birthplace of Solidarity, the labor movement that shook all of Eastern Europe and the Communist bloc at that time. Lech Walesa was a dockworker turned union activist who championed the rights of the workers to strike, and changed Poland forever.
Our model @_frostmagdalena was wonderful and easygoing, giving all the photographers nonstop look after look that was captivating and beautiful. Magda made excellent use of posing in the strong sunlight!
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Again, this day. Always remember.
The ever striking muse @nwilmshurstx locks onto the camera. Classic beauty combo of an overhead light with a low fill. No background light, as she is only about eight feet in front of one of the @manfrottoimaginemore collapsible backdrops, which are super handy when using someone’s living room as a location - which is the case here! Over-under light, and add a lovely subject! Natalie is currently a highlighted performer at the @royalpalacekirrwiller in Kirrwiller, France. Looks like a spectacular show!
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Hey Joe,
I would alse have used a 600 mm an a 1,7 TC to shoot such a dangerous dude 😀 Better to keep some distance…
600 f/4, 1.7 huh? Were you afraid he was gonna shoot you? 🙂
Geez.
What is this? The young but out of shape Ted Nugent on his way to a Tea Bagger meetup?
Nice use of “very assistant required to lug” hardware to replace the use of two minutes of Photoshop time. LOL
Where’s Mawgie when you need her?
Nice shot ! And good portrait’s lens… 600/4 🙂
Love Ingo’s picture. He looks really tough with that shot gun, long hair and cig hanging. But the “snuggly” fitted leather jacket breaks things down a bit. Awesome!
Excellent Joe, love it!
Ha – love it! nicely shot.
Packing that gun, bet no-one told him his jacket was too small! 😀
You know it is probably a requirement to be a character to even live in Iceland.
So this effectively shot a focal length of 1000mm. Amazing! And is that the moon in the background?
You were at 1020mm?! Holy crap man. Were you 500 feet away or were you just trying to see how far away your TTL could take you? Either way, quite an accomplishment for the flash system.
Cheers,
Joel
Oh, and this guy kinda looks like Mikey from OCC, but a little scarier.
Joe-
Love the site and your work, but that guy should put a bullet in that font. Arrrrggh. Curse you Zapfino.
wow
Any chance you’ll do an open bar night where non workshop members can meet the man and the legend? I’m local here in Rvk, and having bought and read cover-to-cover both your books, it’s killing me not to get to meet you while here.
For a moment I thought that was you, Joe, and that the long days had gotten to you!
If you shot that with a 600 and a TC, how far were you from Ingo?
Hi Joe,
Great shot. Just wanted to say thanks for all of the lessons, books, and the two workshops I attended. If you remember back to July in Dobbs I had told you I wanted to be the Joe McNally of wedding photography. Well, This past week I met with a client who said, “Your images really remind me of something I would see in National Geographic. The light and the colors just really stand out.” I was floored! That was one of the best compliments I have ever been paid about my work. Best part is they booked me for their wedding day next may.
So, Thank You! Without so much information you have put out there I would not be able to make the images I’m becoming known for.
Way to go joe.
…….f***ing spiffing shot(gun), again, you bright up my day!!!
Great Shot Joe!!(Pun definitely intended)
But if you’d just come to Canada we wouldn’t have to send a delegate to Iceland! Just sayin…
Small jacket… who cares when you carrying a shotgun. Nice photo. No light reflection in the sun glasses, that would usually get me… the reflection.
Thinking about the one day lighting workshop in Hartford, CT. Have a couple questions, is there someone I can email regarding it?
Thanks!
BRILLIANT!!
So that is where Phillip Seymour Hoffman went when he left Fairport, NY.
Bill Bogle, Jr.
Hi Joe,
Big Fan! Great use of lens compression! You must of had to stand way back.
Take Care
I’m not Joe McNally but I believe that Joe shot the big 600 lens and a 1.7 to make the moon bigger. I love the size relationship between the model and the Moon. However for my tastes I’d like to see the moon a little sharper. I think is sized and composed very well for a post card, I like it. It makes me want to shoot with the super long lens to get that huge moon.
was such a huge focal length used only for the perspective. Did you start the shoot with this particular shot in mind or did it keep evolving as the shoot progressed? would love to hear your thoughts.
Wonderful picture – very surreal! Can’t wait to see more.
The 600mm +TC would be needed for the image size of the moon, I guess.
Hey Joe, what’s the ISO. Loving the work, you know you rock.
Given that the lens as an angle of view along the long edge of 2° at that focal length, I’d guestimate that Joe was 40-45 meters from Ingo.
Hey Joe, great picture ! … a big moon because of the 600mm ..
Awesome portrait!
love your wokr
Nice shot!