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thanks for the seminar today, glad I caught it here in ABQ instead of home in Dallas. Lots of homework to do now that you guys have moved along to the next stop. 🙂
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Welcome to Texas. Looking forward to seeing you in Austin on Saturday.
Can you provide more detail about the Flashpoint beauty dish – where you sourced it, whether it comes with a hotshoe seat or you customized it to work with a flash… thanks.
Every time I see one of your photos of Donald I’m spellbound by the image. He has such an expressive face so many different looks, but they all stop you in your tracks.
Another great shot and I hope this answers the question about HIGH SPEED Sync from the guy in SFO. Thanks again Joe for your time behind the camera and sharing it with us.
Hi Joe! I’ve been reading your blog for quite some time and I find it very interesting. Thank you!
Please forgive my ignorance but who is this person on your photo? I find his face very interesting. As you only state his first name and give no background info, I assume he’s quite well-known. But you see, I live in Moscow, Russia and it’s a bit like another planet here. The ‘iron curtain’ had been lifted long ago but it’s shadow still obstructs the view…
Cheers,
Greg
How do you handhold a 200mm F/2 and still get such a sharp focus on the eye?
Kyle
Joe is this the dish you used: Flashpoint Q Series 6″ Beauty Dish?
Can’t wait to finally meet you in Buffalo NY….few weeks away….By the way I just received you new DVD…Loving it !!
Excellent presentations at the Albuquerque stop of the TFB tour. I really enjoyed both Joe’s TTL [ for the most part 😉 ] and David’s manual perspectives. It was nice to actually see the process in person. I try to visualize when I am reading but the live, in-person is sooooo much better.
Thanks for coming to Albuquerque!
Beautiful shot Joe, would love to attend one of the tour dates… but unless the bus floats to Dublin that won’t be happening.
No flash count?
Fantastic shot! What a great subject to photograph to. I like the creative way you lit the background through the handrails. I’d love to see a behind-the-scenes shot of this setup.
I was in the Denver seminar. It would be helpful to me if there was a way to view your camera adjustments on the big screen. I found myself watching the lighting and assuming I knew what you were doing with camera. When I get home and start trying to duplicate what I saw I find I am not sure what the camera adjustment was. Just an idea.
Sharp as a tack with the catch lights perfectly centred . . .that is skill
Always love it when you post shots of Donald. Well done.
Thanks for the stop in Albuquerque, even if were were your smallest venue!
Those that are asking about the beauty dish, look on the left side for “What is in Joe’s Bag” and you will find links to all his gear. Here is the beauty dish: http://www.adorama.com/FPQRA.html?utm_term=Other&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=Other&utm_source=rflaid63891
That was a lot of fun watching you build that shot with Donald. Is her from here in NM? I thought he looked familiar, but my friend said it was probably from seeing previous images you made of him.
I especially enjoyed the handrail/gaffer tape accessory, but at $2000 and no home delivery I thought I might wait on that purchase…;-)
Safe travels on the rest of your journey and thanks so much for having the bus stop here in Albuquerque. From the talk I heard during and after the presentation you have an appreciative following in The Land of Enchantment.
Brian
So simple, yet so complex. Thanks Joe.
Would love to be somewhere on the tour, but budget & the 15,000 odd km’s are a bitch…
Donald continues to look great despite age & illness! Such a kind, generous person with a face of character. Glad to see new pics of him…
Great shot. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with the flashbus session tomorrow in Austin. Amazing excited to meet you and David.
Hi Triggerfinger…you can find the beauty dish here:
http://www.adorama.com/FPQRB.html and the grids and gels for it here http://www.adorama.com/FPQAKB.html
Mike
Great picture. You really get a sense of his experience through this shot.
I really enjoyed the whole session here in Albuquerque. It was still a 3 hour drive for me to get there but well worth it. I use Vivitar 285 and am not able to shoot ttl so the lessons on how it is done was very informative and appreciated. Thanks again.
Donald reminds me of the neighbor in the first “Home Alone” movie.
Well done. Love it your post when Donald is in them. Hopefully, I get lucky enough to see you one day!!! I’ve come close before, but missed you by a day!!
@Greg/@Brian – the model is Donald Blake, a frequent subject of Joe’s when he teaches at the Santa Fe Workshops – https://joemcnally.com/2010/08/11/my-friend-donald/
I haven’t attended one myself (as they’ve always been full), but it’s at the top of my list of workshops to attend before I die. 🙂
@Kyle: At the end, Joe offered some “posing” tips on how to hold your camera and lens against your body to minimize shake and improve stability. Unfortunately, I don’t think I can describe it in words very well. Personally, I don’t feel that hand-holding really helps or hinders achieving focus lock. 200mm at the range Joe was using it give you a pretty big target to aim at. Plus there were lite panels pointing up at Donald from the front-right corner of the stage. I spent the day shooting @ f/1.4 and f/2.0 from the audience and I think I hit at least a couple in-focus shots.
@William – we were the smallest stop, and I imagine there were not all that many remote-commander capable flashes in the audience. That and with as late as we were running (due partly to issues with the Capture One software), we never got to a group shot situation.
@Ivan – due to how spread out everything was, it was sort of hard to take a photo of the entire setup. Stage left (immediately in front of the audience) was a snooted (grid snooted? Not sure) SB-900 @ 200mm, with a blue gel, pointed through strips of tape across the handrail to make a random pattern. Small beauty dish pointed straight at his face from about 6-12 inches away by an assistant. Joe was shooting perpendicular to the front of the stage, with Donald looking out to the right at a ~45 degree angle.
@Chas – in ABQ he tended to talk out load as he went through the settings, sometimes changing only one thing at a time. What helped me was to keep a running log of what he changed at each step of the way when building up his shots and “troubleshooting”.
@Iden – I credit Donald familiarity with being lit for portraits and keeping a steady gaze on the center of the dish.
@Joe – Apologies if I came off a bit obnoxious shoving my camera in your face all day – I tend to be a bit forward when taking photos of people. Thanks for coming on this wild journey to share with us all across the country. I really felt like I finally had some idea how the whole TTL thing works, given that I have no TTL-capable flashes at the moment.
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Kyle: you’re in luck – Joe’s already helpfully put up a video illustrating his technique:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDsx3-FWfwk
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Joe, What an incredibly expressive portrait of Donald! It is exciting when you guys get the chance to blog even though you’re so busy on the road. I can’t get enough of this great stuff, and your way of seeming to capture the true heart and soul of people really comes through in this portrait.
I learned sooooo much from all the techniques you showed at your presentation at the FBT in Denver this past week. You and David are both amazing, wonderfully down-to-earth people & it was such a pleasure learing so much from you. And thanks for the autograph… 🙂
Janine Fugere
“As Seen by Janine”
Louisville, CO
Joe:
I’m going to PSW Orlando, and I was wondering if you are teaching some of the same things there that you are teaching on the FB tour. I’m going to your Boston FB stop, so I didn’t want to repeat (or spoil) any subject matter!
–John
I just got home from the Nashville event and wanted to drop in here and say thank you, so much, for doing this. It was incredibly well put together and you guys are both such engaging teachers.
You guys are awesome. Do it again!
I’ve come around in my thinking though and really liked your advice to the struggling blogger
Donald looks good i am one of those struggling blogger and struggling English teachers;)in south London hoe your all well.
Watched “Day with Jow McNally” on Kelby Training. Your were GREAT both as a photographer extraordinaire and an insightful instructor.
Yes,I too agree with Scott that you could have a life as a motivational speaker. You come across to the viewer in a personable and sincere manner; moreover, you don’t “beat the viewer/listener to death” with your viewpoint.
Again well done!!