Ostensibly, The Hot Shoe Diaries, is a “how to†book that teaches us to get “big light from small flashes†— a primer on the use of all things “speedlightâ€. And, it is.
But, it is a lot more.
This book is a travel guide that takes us down the path of the creation and manipulation of light, a creative journey with one of my favorite photographer/teachers, Joe McNally.
The trip starts out as we might expect, with 45 pages of straight out practical talk — what Joe calls “Nuts ‘n Bolts†— explaining things like why Joe almost always shoots in the …
