--- product_id: 3695089 title: "The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light From Small Flashes" price: "21069 Ft" currency: HUF in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.hu/products/3695089-the-hot-shoe-diaries-big-light-from-small-flashes store_origin: HU region: Hungary --- # The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light From Small Flashes **Price:** 21069 Ft **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light From Small Flashes - **How much does it cost?** 21069 Ft with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hu](https://www.desertcart.hu/products/3695089-the-hot-shoe-diaries-big-light-from-small-flashes) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The author describes the techniques he uses with small flashes to achieve correct lighting for dynamic photographs. Review: ONE OF THE FEW BOOKS I READ COVER TO COVER - I never like to read books. I like workshops, DVD training, working with other photographers, and going out and shooting, everyday. I hate it if a day goes by and I do not shoot something. I was looking for something to give me ideas. I shot mostly sports but with the economy being down, and every person with a digital camera calling themselves a photographer I have been doing more work that requires flash. Actually I am always using flash when not shooting sports, as you should know the creative part of photography requires the photographer to use flashes to create ART. When shooting outside the real PRO PHOTOGRAPHER is always using multiple flashes to produce PROFESSIONAL results. Nothing like shooting in a park with lights hanging from the trees, ever want a great hair light or back light a subject. PHOTOGRAPHY is all about LIGHT, and this book is a history of 30 years of creating light. Just to be very clear I have been using flash for more years than I care to remember. One reviewer who gave this book four stars was funny. He bought an SB700 and this book because he (D. Lynch) was shooting a wedding as the main photographer in a week and needed to learn to use his flash. I hope he was doing the wedding for free. Anyway this book is NOT to learn how to use a flash. This book is about creating light with a lot of flashes. This book is to see how one true PRO PHOTOGRAPHER has used a CLS lighting system to make art. I do not remember one page that only one flash was used, so if you only own one or two flashes this is a book to show you how a true PRO PHOTOGRAPHER uses multiple flashes to create ART. For the non-Nikon shooter be aware ALL the pages can apply to YOU, if you use a camera with a similar flash system. So for the detractors, this book is about lighting, the examples apply to lighting, and as far as I know every camera manufacture has some kind of lighting system, and even cheap manual flashes can be used much of the knowledge contained in this book. Ok, I am not a writer, my review is written by a PHOTOGRAPHER!! This book is written by a PHOTOGRAPHER, NOT A WRITER. So if the wording is not like the books written by WRITERS, to bad. If you need "a how to" use your first three flashes this may not be for you. If you want a book written by a great writer buy something else. IF YOU WANT A BOOK WRITTEN BY A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER WHO HAS CREATED GREAT WORKS OF ART, USING MULTIPLE FLASHES AND RELATED LIGHT MODIFIERS, THIS IS THE BOOK TO READ. Have I learned a lot, more than I did before I read ti, it has expanded my knowledge of multiple flash photography. Ever time I work I look at different ways to light something and sometimes change my formula, sometimes not and sometimes wonder what was I thinking. This book has given me more ideas. The title says it all "The HOT SHOE DIARIES". It does not say learn how to use a flash. For ALL those who have rated this anything but five stars you did not understand what this book was about. This book is exactly as described. And what a book it is. It is a DIARY of creating great light on location with portable speedlights. It is really for professional photographers, and maybe those who actually want to try and create ART. All the concepts apply to any flash system. The writer uses Nikon which makes it easier for Nikon shooters to know the equipment used in the book. But if you are using another make of camera you should be able to translate the equipment to your equipment. If you can not translate to your equipment that is your shortfall, not the books. You will need a lot of flashes, light modifiers, stands, extra hands, and a way to trigger it all if manual equipment. Do not get upset if the book is above your level of photography, it is above 99% of every camera owner. Few working PRO PROFESSIONALS are at this level. And in today's world of every person with a camera is a professional photographer it is so far above their level that they will be completely lost reading this book. This book is written by a photographer at the top level, with years of collecting equipment for every possible lighting situation on the planet. The day you can read this book and UNDERSTAND the "how the photos were created" you will rate this a five star book. And you will learn a lot of tricks to expand your ability to light things. Review: Joe McNally: Raconteur, teacher, creative lighting genius, magician, consummate professional. - More similar than different in structure relative to his previous book "The Moment it Clicks" and much of what I wrote in my review of that book applies here. This is an excellent book to read after reading "The Moment it Clicks" (and it also stands very well on is own if you do not read "The Moment it Clicks"). Hot Shoe Diaries entertains as it educates. Joe is a great storyteller and his stories and rants are entertaining as well as educational. While certainly not a straight textbook, this book is more instructional in a formal way than his last one. Joe walks us through the equipment he uses explaining why he's chosen the individual pieces and tells us what are the important and the not-so-important aspects of each and how to use them. He tries to keep us focused on the key elements necessary to accomplish the lighting techniques he discusses later in the book. Most of his lessons are simply the stories of how he has created each of the impressive images that are in the book. Most of the chapters are a discussion of the story behind an image (Joe's storytelling is quite entertaining), a discussion of how he created the image(s) technically and some general relevant photographic principles. While this book is about 300 pages long, I guarantee that most will read it in under one day (I did). Joe's writing is fast paced and enjoyable. Most of what is in this book can be implemented with any brand of similar equipment although certain convenience features may not be present. If you use recent model Nikon flashes then this book is an excellent fit for you. In my case, even though I've used Nikon flashes for a very long time, have read all the relevant user manuals as well as some of Thom Hogan's excellent publications and writings, it was only after reading this book that I finally "got" the real-world value of the "Auto FP" option that recent Nikon flashes offer. In sum, this book educates and entertains. It is fast reading and has lots of impressive imagery. One thought that kept going through my mind when I read this book was not that Joe is very technically capable of using the equipment he has, he certainly is. What impressed me was that he seemed to always come up with yet another creative idea of how to use the equipment to create a compelling image. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #534,359 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #109 in Digital Video Production (Books) #374 in Photography Reference (Books) #417 in Digital Photography (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 511 Reviews | ## Images ![The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light From Small Flashes - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81lel+mXCrL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ONE OF THE FEW BOOKS I READ COVER TO COVER *by L***S on May 22, 2013* I never like to read books. I like workshops, DVD training, working with other photographers, and going out and shooting, everyday. I hate it if a day goes by and I do not shoot something. I was looking for something to give me ideas. I shot mostly sports but with the economy being down, and every person with a digital camera calling themselves a photographer I have been doing more work that requires flash. Actually I am always using flash when not shooting sports, as you should know the creative part of photography requires the photographer to use flashes to create ART. When shooting outside the real PRO PHOTOGRAPHER is always using multiple flashes to produce PROFESSIONAL results. Nothing like shooting in a park with lights hanging from the trees, ever want a great hair light or back light a subject. PHOTOGRAPHY is all about LIGHT, and this book is a history of 30 years of creating light. Just to be very clear I have been using flash for more years than I care to remember. One reviewer who gave this book four stars was funny. He bought an SB700 and this book because he (D. Lynch) was shooting a wedding as the main photographer in a week and needed to learn to use his flash. I hope he was doing the wedding for free. Anyway this book is NOT to learn how to use a flash. This book is about creating light with a lot of flashes. This book is to see how one true PRO PHOTOGRAPHER has used a CLS lighting system to make art. I do not remember one page that only one flash was used, so if you only own one or two flashes this is a book to show you how a true PRO PHOTOGRAPHER uses multiple flashes to create ART. For the non-Nikon shooter be aware ALL the pages can apply to YOU, if you use a camera with a similar flash system. So for the detractors, this book is about lighting, the examples apply to lighting, and as far as I know every camera manufacture has some kind of lighting system, and even cheap manual flashes can be used much of the knowledge contained in this book. Ok, I am not a writer, my review is written by a PHOTOGRAPHER!! This book is written by a PHOTOGRAPHER, NOT A WRITER. So if the wording is not like the books written by WRITERS, to bad. If you need "a how to" use your first three flashes this may not be for you. If you want a book written by a great writer buy something else. IF YOU WANT A BOOK WRITTEN BY A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER WHO HAS CREATED GREAT WORKS OF ART, USING MULTIPLE FLASHES AND RELATED LIGHT MODIFIERS, THIS IS THE BOOK TO READ. Have I learned a lot, more than I did before I read ti, it has expanded my knowledge of multiple flash photography. Ever time I work I look at different ways to light something and sometimes change my formula, sometimes not and sometimes wonder what was I thinking. This book has given me more ideas. The title says it all "The HOT SHOE DIARIES". It does not say learn how to use a flash. For ALL those who have rated this anything but five stars you did not understand what this book was about. This book is exactly as described. And what a book it is. It is a DIARY of creating great light on location with portable speedlights. It is really for professional photographers, and maybe those who actually want to try and create ART. All the concepts apply to any flash system. The writer uses Nikon which makes it easier for Nikon shooters to know the equipment used in the book. But if you are using another make of camera you should be able to translate the equipment to your equipment. If you can not translate to your equipment that is your shortfall, not the books. You will need a lot of flashes, light modifiers, stands, extra hands, and a way to trigger it all if manual equipment. Do not get upset if the book is above your level of photography, it is above 99% of every camera owner. Few working PRO PROFESSIONALS are at this level. And in today's world of every person with a camera is a professional photographer it is so far above their level that they will be completely lost reading this book. This book is written by a photographer at the top level, with years of collecting equipment for every possible lighting situation on the planet. The day you can read this book and UNDERSTAND the "how the photos were created" you will rate this a five star book. And you will learn a lot of tricks to expand your ability to light things. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Joe McNally: Raconteur, teacher, creative lighting genius, magician, consummate professional. *by M***N on April 6, 2009* More similar than different in structure relative to his previous book "The Moment it Clicks" and much of what I wrote in my review of that book applies here. This is an excellent book to read after reading "The Moment it Clicks" (and it also stands very well on is own if you do not read "The Moment it Clicks"). Hot Shoe Diaries entertains as it educates. Joe is a great storyteller and his stories and rants are entertaining as well as educational. While certainly not a straight textbook, this book is more instructional in a formal way than his last one. Joe walks us through the equipment he uses explaining why he's chosen the individual pieces and tells us what are the important and the not-so-important aspects of each and how to use them. He tries to keep us focused on the key elements necessary to accomplish the lighting techniques he discusses later in the book. Most of his lessons are simply the stories of how he has created each of the impressive images that are in the book. Most of the chapters are a discussion of the story behind an image (Joe's storytelling is quite entertaining), a discussion of how he created the image(s) technically and some general relevant photographic principles. While this book is about 300 pages long, I guarantee that most will read it in under one day (I did). Joe's writing is fast paced and enjoyable. Most of what is in this book can be implemented with any brand of similar equipment although certain convenience features may not be present. If you use recent model Nikon flashes then this book is an excellent fit for you. In my case, even though I've used Nikon flashes for a very long time, have read all the relevant user manuals as well as some of Thom Hogan's excellent publications and writings, it was only after reading this book that I finally "got" the real-world value of the "Auto FP" option that recent Nikon flashes offer. In sum, this book educates and entertains. It is fast reading and has lots of impressive imagery. One thought that kept going through my mind when I read this book was not that Joe is very technically capable of using the equipment he has, he certainly is. What impressed me was that he seemed to always come up with yet another creative idea of how to use the equipment to create a compelling image. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nikon users only - almost *by J***O on June 16, 2010* A good book by a great photographer, wonderful images and lots of interesting insight. However, it is all about Nikon cameras and flashes, so for those of us that don't use Nikon, a lot of the good information is useless or at least takes work to transpose and make useful. That's really a shame, it would not have been hard to either write this in a more general way or have some co-author "translate" things to at least 'the other' big camera maker Canon. (Note: I own Canon gear but would be just as happy with Nikon gear, I'm not a Canon fan boy or Nikon hater. Both are exactly equal in my book, I just could not afford to buy one of each) So, had I known that it's so Nikon focused, I would not have bought the book, and I'm glad I did not order his other book at the same time. And I won't. There's just too much camera and flash specific writing that has no value for me with my Canon gear. Unfortunately. That aside, and if you can get past his sometimes patronizing, sometimes overly forced beer-drinking-buddy like writing style, there's a lot of fun and interesting info from the front lines of photography in here. The images are fantastic and I do take good value information with me, I just wish it would be either more generic (i.e. not all based on model numbers) or - well - based on Canon gear :-D The value of the information is greater than the style and gear shortcomings, so 4 stars seems to be fair. 5+ stars if I had Nikon gear. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light From Small Flashes - The Moment It Clicks: Photography Secrets from One of the World's Top Shooters - The Real Deal: Field Notes from the Life of a Working Photographer --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hu/products/3695089-the-hot-shoe-diaries-big-light-from-small-flashes](https://www.desertcart.hu/products/3695089-the-hot-shoe-diaries-big-light-from-small-flashes) --- *Product available on Desertcart Hungary* *Store origin: HU* *Last updated: 2026-05-31*