The Hot Shoe Diaries is a new book from Joe McNally that focuses on using small hot shoe flashes. Using Nikon Speedlights, McNally demonstrate how he makes his pictures with these small flash guns. The Hot Shoe Diaries is now available for $39.99.

Peachpit Press Release

Peachpit Releases Joe McNally’s The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light From Small Flashes

Berkeley, CA—March 20, 2009—After spending more than thirty years behind the camera lens—working for National Geographic, Time, Life, and Sports Illustrated—Joe McNally knows about light, and when it comes to photography, it’s all about the light. He knows how to talk about it, shape it, color it, control it, and direct it. Most importantly, he knows how to create it…using small hot shoe flashes.

In The Hot Shoe Diaries, McNally brings readers behind the scenes to candidly share his lighting solutions for a ton of great images. Using Nikon Speedlights, McNally lets readers in on his uncensored thought process—often funny, sometimes serious, always fascinating—to demonstrate how he makes his pictures with these small flashes. Whether he’s photographing a gymnast on the Great Wall, an alligator in a swamp, or a fire truck careening through Times Square, McNally uses these flashes to create great light that makes his pictures sing.

The Hot Shoe Diaries is now available at Peachpit.com, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Borders, and other retailers nationwide.

About The Author
Joe McNally is an internationally acclaimed American photographer and longtime photojournalist. His most notable series is “Faces of Ground Zero–Portraits of the Heroes of September 11th,” a collection of giant Polaroid portraits. He also photographed “The Future of Flying,” the first all-digital story for National Geographic. His award-winning work has appeared in numerous magazines and, in 2008, McNally wrote the critically acclaimed and bestselling book The Moment It Clicks.

About Peachpit
Berkeley-based Peachpit has been publishing the industry’s best-selling books on the latest in graphic design, desktop publishing, multimedia, Web design and development, digital video and general Macintosh computing since 1986. Its award-winning books feature step-by-step explanations, time-saving techniques, savvy insider tips, and expert advice for computer users of all sorts. It is the home of the internationally recognized Visual QuickStart Guide series, the design imprint New Riders and its highly popular Voices That Matter series, and is the publishing partner for Adobe Press, lynda.com, NAPP, Apple Certified, AIGA Design Press and others. Peachpit is part of Pearson, the international media company. Pearson’s primary operations also include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group. Learn more at www.peachpit.com and www.pearson.com.

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