The Pointe Shoe Mysteries with Joe McNally

Wednesday 30 September 2020, 14:41 by Elja Trum | 3,428 views | 0 comments

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Joe McNally is a well-known American photographer who knows how to work with flash. In these Adorama videos, you follow Joe as he takes photos for a 'dance noir' storyline.

The Dance Noir story is about a detective called Nik Night who tries to solve murders of ballerinas in New York. They are committed by another ballerina who is trying to eliminate her competition.

The first murder took place in a laundrette.

In part two, you see Joe carrying out a shoot at a restaurant.

It's great, and instructive, to see how Joe uses a whole arsenal of lights and other equipment to create atmosphere in his scene. And how much time, and therefore detail, goes into what is essentially just one photo.

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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.

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