Close Encounter Portraits featuring Joe McNally and Daniel Norton

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Join Joe McNally and Daniel Norton at KZbin Space NY as they bring to life an image that can only be conjured in the mind of Joe McNally.
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Photos by Joe McNally
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You can keep up with Daniel on Instagram @danielnorton
Like, share, and comment on the video below...let's get the conversation started!

[@markwang77]

i don't understand some people's complaints about this video being 'too long' - you got to witness a master go through his creative process of developing a polished final product. too often you see MTV-type quick edits put to rock music and pawn it off as educational content. while watching a true professional go through his thought process may not be considered 'sexy', i truly hope people take the time to appreciate what they have learned.

[@Mcdowells]

brilliant statement.

[@paulocontente9993]

Thanks Adorama for making videos with a Photographer of this level. One of the best and yet so humble.

[@jerkojie]

Gotta love Joe. Super talented, super humble, super likable.

[@hagarthehorrible1391]

Great work. A good reminder that even someone as accomplished as Joe needs so many test shots to dial in the correct settings. Makes me get over my anxiety on shoots if I don't get everything dialed in soon.

[@jjbenz9633]

Pradhyumna Gupta lol

[@davebenson1504]

another great explanation by Joe and how what looks so easy... isn't... it is a master working through to a masterpiece... or two...

[@MikeJamesMedia]

I'm really enjoying the combination of Joe and Daniel, and the examples you're providing. The detail involved in lighting a scene like this is so different from your standard "studio portrait" lighting. Thank you for the variety!

[@simianinc]

I love this series with Joe so much that I've just purchased three of his books from Amazon. If I could request one thing, it's that you show the finished work a bit longer so that we can really appreciate the result. Depending on the device you watch on, pausing it yourself can lead to a big play graphic over the top of the video

[@buttcaner]

This series with Joe is awesome.

[@lindaallen594]

Love, love, love this series! Thanks Joe and Daniel. Looking forward to more. :-)

[@lyta1138]

Thanks Adorama Joe and Daniel. I like how you experiment with different formats for your video. Never becomes routine and boring. Love this series. I like Joe's calm, methodical problem solving approach. Makes me feel less anxious about my approach to complex work.

[@gurudeclan]

I could watch Joe all day. What a legend.

[@christywadge3893]

This was so cool! I love seeing all the "behind the scenes" stuff of photo shoots.

[@Diy-fever]

Very cool. Great scene, awesome photos and listening to Joe is such a treat.

[@h-wag]

Getting a glimpse of the process behind pulling together something like this was fantastic. It will influence my thinking in setting up scenes in the future. Many thanks to Joe, Daniel, and Adorama. Well done.

[@joakimsundberg7622]

Love the Stones referens! and the picture too!

[@johntazbaz1121]

So excellent. Thank you for this great video!

[@anonymous62810]

Joe and Daniel have great chemistry. I like the conversational nature.

[@SwissplWatches]

what incredible inspiring work!!!

[@kennethwilliamsinc]

Good job. Joe seems like a very humble guy as well.

[@clivehsu]

Joe just like a painter.

[@IainHC1]

Amazing!! Loved the whole setup!! Final images are EPIC!!! :-)

[@paulhills1967]

What a great video. More please!

[@Needacreate]

Wonderfully inspiring insights into the whole creative process of building an on-location shot. Didn't mind the fairly long running time at all. Joe's passion, focus, and humanity are so engaging. And they show in the results.

[@r0z888]

Amazing!

[@alexanderpons9246]

I just watched this video, wow amazing end result! I have to say once again this reminded me how important and crucial is to assist when one begins into photography, in this case the lighting set up is an enourmous lesson to watch and as an assistant one gets access to something one could not even begin to imagine.

[@osirisptah]

Excellent! Thanks very much!

[@mariamanolaros8339]

Nice job!! Enjoy these videos. You both work well off each other. The explanations are amazing!!

[@AndrewHawkesMVO]

Brilliant!

[@Lakefilms]

This was great! Being a filmmaker I loved the 'set'. Would like to get on projects like these myself one day.

[@PatMo1888]

Great stuff! It would be good to see more of the actual images, though.

[@pscully1969]

Excellent concept shoot! :)

[@oliforfun5668]

Nice ambiant colors.

[@lcphotography888]

great work

[@TenzinSamphelphotography]

amazing work, thank you for the sharing

[@pathamilton7611]

Tenzin Samphel

[@andrew1977uk]

Lighting is like cooking, flavour isn’t always instant. Sometimes it can take hours to get the lighting right.

[@sunilajmeri2490]

good work

[@copperkidd2920]

Great video! Is there a video you've done to expand on spiking the camera? I would love to see it in practice to get a better idea of what you look for when doing that.

[@AlmightyUniden]

I actually like the second shot a lot better than the first one.

[@JoeMcNally]

Yep, I'm kind of partial to the second shot as well, even though it was done quickly, and the other shot was the "big shot." Ya never know....

[@shadyninja1]

Nice art work. Can I get similar results with a Nikon d500 or d7200 with the same light setup

[@izmargad]

can you please specify what c-stands, booms, clamps and other adapters where used on the set?

[@Fagapperd14]

I would set Venetian blinds on the windows to avoid the reflexion.

[@myked2072]

Awesome video as usual on techniques of the shoot. But my question is always where and how does one make money from a shoot like this? I have a ton of creative images and ideas I wanna create, but unless it's a shoot for a client, I never know how to benefit monetarily from creating images like this and I'm sure there's a way to. My professors in college can't even answer this question

[@woodmum]

Yeah.. like the video and I like the shots. But I'm wondering.. with al these people helping the photographer and the actors... How do you sell these pictures? What is the value of one photo?

[@jonnyboy8000]

Why look at a small screen when you can shoot tethered to a laptop?

[@adavis2813]

Collaborating with Joe McNally! What more could any photographer ask! Terrific video guys! I was wondering how long it took you to get the final images you were after? Considering how long it took for your talent to get into makeup, I would imagine you'd want to spend a lot of time getting to the images you envisioned.......not just 2 hours of makeup and then snap snap, ok, we're finished 30 minutes later.

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

While I didn't actually look at the clock, I'd say around 90 minutes. A little time for Joe to tweak all the lights and then some shooting time to give the talent a chance to relax into his new skin so to speak.

[@JoeMcNally]

Thanks! I feel honored to collaborate with Daniel. He really knows what he is doing. This was an all day event. 9-5, going to the office, except the cool thing about being a photog is the office is a diner set, on location and there's an alien sitting there:-)))

[@bestlightphotography6173]

Way, way too long guys. WAY TO LONG.

[@tw9535]

Maybe if you, "Best Light Photography", made a 16:00 video it would be too long, and no one would watch. (Except for maybe a few family members.) But not for Joe and Daniel. For them, 16:00 is just fine.

[@johntazbaz1121]

Funny, I didn’t want it to end.