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The Logic of Light: A Lighting Lesson with Joe McNally
Make friends with the people surrounding the big shot.


I spent seven fun-filled days with Donald Trump back in the roaring ‘80s. As I recall, he had a driver named Big Tony. I made friends with Tony. We made small talk about the Mets and the Yankees and I gave him a bunch of color neg film.

He would, in turn, tell me Trump's itinerary for the day and when he needed a car. So whenever Trump came down to get into the limo, I'd already be in it.

He didn't really want me in there, but he was too cool to make a scene. He would just give me that, "What the *#@! are you doin' in my limo?" look.

And off we'd go.

[How to Get This Type of Shot:]

Shot with available light in the back of the limo, going across the Queensborough Bridge. There was hard light slashing through the bridge and coming through the limo's sun roof. As we drove across the bridge, we'd get:

light/shadow, light/shadow, light/shadow.

I kept my camera to my eye-every time I saw light, I hit the shutter. Total luck.

Excerpted from: The Moment It Clicks. Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters.
By Joe McNally, Copyright 2008 Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and New Riders


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