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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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How to Give Birth to a Speedlight

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FIRST, YOU HAVE TO HAVE FRIENDS who understand the murky recesses of your imagination. Then, you have to have a workplace where twisted humor is the rule, not the exception. With those elements firmly in place, the only thing that stands between you and a photo like this is where to put the Speedlights.

One, er, placement is obvious. Now this is where you really need friends. There is no one I could ask to do this for me other than Mawgie, long-time Santa Fe Workshop model, friend, and graceful, exuberant presence in front of the camera. She’s modeled for all sorts of classes at the workshops, but ...

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