“The Real Deal: Field Notes from the Life of a Working Photographer” (2022) is the latest page-turner from acclaimed American photographer Joe McNally. Part autobiography and part freelance photography bible of sorts, The Real Deal delivers a candid journey of McNally’s 40-year career in the industry. The author Joe McNally
Welcome to Mind Your Own Business, the podcast that helps photographers improve their business and their lives! Today we chat with photographer, author, director and storyteller Joe McNally. Get ready to be inspired! We discuss: How Joe got started in the photograph industry Things he during his down time during
Since the onset of my journey to self-teach photography, one book title has repeatedly been mentioned by all manner of blog posts, online forums and workshops instructors: “The Hot Shoe Diaries” by Joe McNally. After yet another mentor recommended it, I decided to bite the bullet and bought a secondhand
In this ThinkTAPLearn video, instructor Joe McNally tackles the question of how to choose a lens on-location. Using a Burlesque dancer as his subject, Joe goes through the different angles he tries as well as the different prime lenses he recommends for storytelling. Want to see more of Joe’s experience?
I am honored to announce a teaching collaboration with Rich Harrington and the ThinkTAP Learn group. We have teamed up to produce a series of teaching videos–a five-day assignment, parsed into five teaching videos. The idea was pretty straightforward–create the exact kind of assignment I’ve been doing my whole career–an
The Moment It Clicks is not a new book, but I just read it again for the third time and realized that some of you may not have read it yet. And we need to fix that. This book is ideal for photographers of all skill levels. It teaches the
I worked with ThinkTAP Learn this past year to put together what is probably the most complete video overview of an assignment I’ve ever participated in. They were there, recording, when I talked to the subjects on the phone, when I thought out the job, and when I was struggling
Scott and Marco discuss these topics on this #Inspiration episode of the Photofocus podcast: Get to know an inspirational photographer: This month Marco introduces you to the American street, portrait and landscape photographer Joel Meyerowitz (born 1938 in NY). After quitting his job as an art director, Joel started in the 1960’s to shoot the
Scott and Marco discuss these topics on this #Inspiration episode of the Photofocus podcast: Get to know an inspirational photographer: This month Marco introduces you to Lewis Hine (1874 – 1940). Hine was an American sociologist, teacher and photographer. In 1908 he left his teaching position to become the photographer for the National
We’ve got a great speaker lineup, today, at Photo Plus Expo. In addition to our own Vanelli, Richard Harrington, and Levi Sim, we’re honored to have Joe McNally, George Redhawk, Troy Plota, and Sascha Scheider joining us, and they’re going to show you how to make photographs that’ll make your work
We’ve got a great speaker lineup, today, at Photo Plus Expo. In addition to our own Vanelli, Richard Harrington, and Levi Sim, we’re honored to have Joe McNally, Sam Isom, Troy Plota, and Sascha Scheider joining us, and they’re going to show you how to make photographs that’ll make your work
We’ve got a great speaker lineup for Thursday at Photo Plus Expo. In addition to our own Vanelli, Richard Harrington, and Levi Sim, we’re honored to have George Redhawk, Kristi Sherk, Troy Plota,and Sascha Scheider joining us, and they’re going to show you how to make photographs that’ll make your work stand
