Joe McNally gave a master class on photography where he discussed his career and approach to the craft. He showed important photos from his career working for magazines like National Geographic and Time. McNally views photography as a process to capture the world as he sees it. During the class, McNally conducted photo shoots with professional equipment and invited people to participate. He emphasized that there are no perfect answers in photography and that photographers must constantly adjust and experiment with light.

1. the language
of the light
Master Class - Joe McNally
October 2016
Tepayol Rodríguez Diana Alejandra

2. The master class of Joe McNally: he spoke
about photography, first he showed his more
important and relevant pictures on his
professional development.

3. Joe McNally worked
in magazines like
National Geographic
and Time with
photographic projects
and he has taken
pictures from the
Olympic Games.

4. He said that photography was a process, where the
photography captured the world. He said that photography
represented the way that he looked the world.

5. Joe McNally did six shoots with professional
material (flashes) and he invited a few people
from the public to take part in the pictures.
TIME TO PRACTICE:

7. During the master class, Joe McNally said that
photography never had perfect answers. He said that
all the time a photographer made adjustments and
played with the variants of the light .

8. Joe McNally talked about his professional development and the
obstacles that a photographer lives; for example he said that he
traveled a lot, and he was not with his family, also he said that
many times the publishers had said NO to his projects or ideas,
and he had endure a complication from magazine editorial like a
budget from the project or a place and a time from shoot, for love
and passion.

11. I learn tips and techniques on
photography in the master
class of Joe McNally, like which
are camera flash elements:
color, direction and quality; the
shades are a setting to
determine a character from
photo and investigate referents
and look at projects of other
photographers.