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Tag Archives: Joe McNally

Learning About Lighting

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve had some conversations online with friends who are taking some first steps into learning lighting for portrait photography. They run into issues, they pose questions, and a number of folks try to respond.  This kind of scenario plays out routinely on message boards. It’s not limited to photography,…

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A Professional Delusion

Despite my usual rants about not being a professional photographer, I think about it now and then. What would it be like if I left the corporate job behind and set out on my own? What would I gain? What would I lose? Would the trade ultimately make me happy? Right now, I have a…

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For Those Who Want to be a Professional Photographer

Notice:  That’s a professional photographer, not a professional model. Yesterday, I espoused the reasons why I don’t consider myself a professional photographer, and quite likely, don’t see it happening anytime soon. I do this for the love of photography and don’t want to turn it into the drudgery of work. It’s nice to shoot what…

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The War on HDR

The discussion on a couple of photography blogs made me realize just how out of touch I am with the rest of the world regarding my opinion of High Dynamic Range photography.  There are even those who deny that HDR is photography, but we’ll touch on that later.  It started, innocently enough, with a Scott…

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