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The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light from Small Flashes
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The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light from Small Flashes

by Joe McNally
March 2009
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
6h 44m
English
New Riders
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Do You Have a Bedsheet?

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HMMM.... EVERYBODY’S GOT a white bedsheet hanging around somewhere, right? A big swatch of white linen? Tablecloth? An extremely large pair of underwear?

I was in the Czech Republic and got an invite to visit one of the country’s more prominent puppet makers. It was great, kind of like walking into Geppetto’s workshop. Lots of wood, hand tools, unfinished puppets everywhere.

Here, I’m going for what might be called artisan light. Soft light. Cloudy window light. Soft light radiates around in a directional but easy way, and the shadows it casts have dimension and depth, but they are forgiving shadows. When ...

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