Joe McNally is an internationally acclaimed photographer whose

career has spanned more than 35 years and included assignments in

60 countries.McNally won the first Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for

Journalistic Impact for a LIFE coverage titled, “The Panorama of

War.” He has been honored numerous times by

Communication Arts, PDN, Graphis, American Photo, POY,

and The World Press Photo Foundation.

The last Saturday JoeMcNally came to Mexico to show us some aspects of his work and to talk about the use of the light.He talked about many ways to use lights in a set of photography and he told us how we can take advantage of lights in every place, for example, he had taken many photos in the auditorium in the moment and he explained all what he was doing.!

He also said that the photographs were like your own steps, so you showed every step in your life through

your photos. I think everyone can take a photo but there are few people who can make a real photo.

He said that our eyes were made to see light, not the dark. So, it’s important, if we want to reflect our reality in one photo, not to forget about light and the language of comunication.

He showed us that other photographers had said the camera likes gray, that the camera likes medium tonalities. In portrait, he told us about shadows, he said that shadows were very important and they could help us to show emotions and feelings in a face.

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The conference was incredible, he is very funny and a really kind person. All thinkings in his mind most be very interesting, I think that everybody in the conference has more knowledge and ideas about photography now.

Flores Osorio María Isabel