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              cowboy-joemcnally
              March 20, 2013
              Jerrit Pruyn

              Joe McNally Deconstructs his Cowboy Portrait

              Joe McNally takes us through his lighting setup for a recent Cowboy portrait he shot. Joe’s vision was to have the photo look like it was being lit by daylight coming through a window. He accomplishes this with a set of speed-lights and a 6×6 diffuser. He also adds additional lights to add fill for the shadows that the cowboy hat creates. Joe breaks down the gear…list he used for this shoot, I have also listed it with links.

              • Nikon SB-910 
              • Lastolite Joe Mcnally 24″ Uplite Reflector Kit
              • Lastolite Joe McNally Rotate Triflash
              • Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G
              • Nikon SC-29 Dedicated TTL
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              • Kyle Sanders

                I remember being blown away when i saw Joe’s CLS demonstration with the girl and the pool table a few years ago – his skill at executing a lighting scene without the benefits of modeling lights is impressive to say the least!

              • John Ruth

                I want 70-200 f1.4 like the one he used to shot the cowgirl.

              • http://www.jerritpruyn.com Jerrit Pruyn

                yeah that is a miss type in the video but I would take one

              • http://twitter.com/damianvines damianvines

                Ya, a 70-200 f/1.4 would be about 8″ in diameter, you wouldn’t want to carry it around :-)

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=847470423 Louis Rafael Rosenthal

                Joe truly is a master of artificial light!

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1128244577 Loren Worthington

                WTF is growing on Joe’s jaw?

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Georgi-Anastasov/881375462 Georgi Anastasov

                6 flashe$$$, stand$$$, diffuser$$$, windows, 2-3 a$$istants…. that’s definitely a photo “on the go” Mcnally style…..and all that for a look easily achievable with a small softbox at eye level of the cow-people:))) C’mon, Joe, we are getting tired of the nonsense already:)))

              • stuffstuffstuffstuff

                That is beyond silly, do you know how much that lens would weigh?

              • MikeT

                I spent a week with eight other people learning from the master. He is such a great instructor and photographer, and a very nice person.

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