Joe McNally Livres

When viewing a photograph, conversations often begin and end with simple statements like, “I like it,” without delving into the crucial follow-up question, “Why?” Photographers frequently struggle to articulate their thoughts about images because they lack an understanding of how to analyze them. If we don’t grasp the “visual language”—how an image is constructed and why it works—can we truly create photographs that communicate our vision effectively? While vision is important, expression is the ultimate goal of photography. To express ourselves fully, we must learn the grammar and vocabulary of visual language. This book focuses on mastering this language to articulate why and how a photograph succeeds, enabling photographers to consciously apply it in their work. By breaking down visual language into two main components—“elements” as vocabulary and “decisions” as grammar—David duChemin makes complex concepts accessible and practical for photographers. Elements include lines, curves, light, color, and contrast, while decisions involve framing, perspective, and focus. Every component within the frame carries meaning, requiring deliberate choices. In the latter half, duChemin illustrates this methodology through 20 of his own images, analyzing how intentional choices contribute to their success.

LIFE Magazine photographer Joe McNally showcases 150 striking photographs captured with a unique 12-foot by 12-foot Polaroid camera. This collection highlights the (mostly) anonymous heroes of Ground Zero, presenting their stories in larger-than-life images.

Examines how to best work with artificial light when taking photos, covering all types of flash technology, techniques, and lighting styles.

When David Foster Wallace died in 2008, he left behind a vast unfinished novel—some 1,100 pages of loose chapters, sketches, notes, and fragments—published in 2011 as The Pale King.But the unfinished King did contain a finished novella that Wallace had already considered publishing as a stand-alone volume. It is the story of a young man, a self-described “wastoid,” adrift in the suburban Midwest of the 1970s, whose life is changed forever by an encounter with advanced tax law. It is, as Sarah McNally writes in her preface, “not just a complete story, but the best complete example we have of Wallace’s late style, where calm and poise replace the pyrotechnics of Infinite Jest and other early works.”

In this personal book full of real-world wisdom and incredible images, duChemin shows budding photographers both the how and the why of finding, chasing, and expressing their vision with a camera. He covers how to tell stories, and the technology and tools available in order to tell those narratives.

Provides information on the techniques and equipment necessary to take great digital photographs.

The author describes the techniques he uses with small flashes to achieve correct lighting for dynamic photographs.

Kleine Blitze für die große Show In der Fotografie dreht sich alles ums Licht. Und nach mehr als 30 Jahren hinter der Kamera – als Auftragsfotograf für National Geographic, Time, Life und Sports Illustrated – kennt sich Joe McNally mit Licht aus. Er weiß, wie man darüber spricht, es formt, färbt, steuert und ausrichtet. Vor allem weiß er, wie man es erzeugt. mit kleinen Blitzen. Aber, Hot Shoe Diaries ist kein Buch über Tatsachen. Kein Bedienungshandbuch. Es ist, wie der Titel bereits sagt, ein Tagebuch. Eine Darstellung von Abenteuern und Missgeschicken, Zufällen und Unfällen, Erfolgen und Misserfolgen. Joe McNally führt Sie hinter die Kulissen, um offen über seine Blitzlösungen für kiloweise tolle Fotos zu sprechen. Er arbeitet mit den Nikon Speedlights und lässt Sie als Leser ungeschönt an seinem Denkprozess teilhaben – oftmals lustig, manchmal ernst, immer faszinierend – um zu demonstrieren, wie er mit diesen kleinen Blitzgeräten zu seinen großartigen Bildern gelangt. Ob er eine Turnerin auf der Großen Mauer fotografiert, ein Krokodil im Sumpf oder ein Feuerwehrauto, das über den Times Square fährt, McNally erzeugt mit diesen Blitzgeräten so großartiges Licht, das seine Fotos förmlich jubilieren.