Lighting a Zombie Wedding with Joe McNally

Scary times indeed. Nuptials amongst the undead. Watch behind the scenes of this zombie wedding with Joe as he starts piecing the shot for this horror-inspired Halloween production.
Joe McNally is an internationally acclaimed photographer whose career has spanned 30 years and included assignments in over 50 countries. He has shot cover stories for TIME, Newsweek, Fortune, New York, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, and Men's Journal. He has been at various times in his career a contract photographer for Sports Illustrated, a staff photographer at LIFE, and currently, an ongoing 23-year contributor to National Geographic, shooting numerous cover stories for those publications.
Joe was listed by American Photo as one of the 100 Most Important People in Photography and described by the magazine as "perhaps the most versatile photojournalist working today". He has been honored as a member of Kodak-PDN Legends Online, as well as being a Nikon Legend Behind the Lens. In 2010, he was voted as one of the 30 most influential photographers of the decade in an industry-wide Photo District News survey. He is also an educator and keynote speaker.
DISCLAIMER:
Proper precautions were taken during the shooting of this documentary in consideration of COVID-19 conditions, including but not limited to using masks, sanitizer, temperature checks and purposely shooting outdoors.
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✘ STILL EQUIPMENT USED:
Nikon Z 7II Mirrorless Digital Camera
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Nikon NIKKOR Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S Lens
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Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S Lens
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Nikon NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S Lens
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Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.2 S Lens
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✘ VIDEO EQUIPMENT USED:
Nikon Z 6II Mirrorless Digital Camera
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Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S Lens
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Nikon NIKKOR Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S Lens
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✘ LIGHTING & GRIP EQUIPMENT USED:
Nikon SB-5000 AF Speedlight
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Profoto A10
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Profoto B10 Plus Off Camera Flash
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Profoto B1X
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Profoto Air Remote for Nikon
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Profoto 1x3' RFi Softbox, Strip
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Profoto 1x3' Off-Camera Flash Softgrid
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Ezybox Speed-Lite 2 Plus
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Joe Mcnally Rotate Triflash Bracket
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Gitzo Systematic Series 4 Tripod with Ball Head
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Tether Tools TTA1SBLK Aero Table Platform
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Tether Tools TetherPro USB-C to USB-C Cable, 15'
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Tether Tools SDAC110 D-Tap to AC Power Supply Kit
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Capture One Pro 21 Photo Editing Software
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Photographer: Joe McNally
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Model: Seth Miranda
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Model: Marisa Roper
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THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING!

[@LastXwitness]

This was a lot of fun Joe thanks for bringing me on! Undead but living the dream 🙏🎃🙏🖤

[@martinwerge9245]

Living the dream .. damn, you look like your dream would be living 👣❤ Very well done, all of you 👏

[@alun7006]

Amazing stuff! Nothing quite like McNally with the brakes off. Thank you to everyone for putting such a cool shoot together!

[@darrenturnerphotography]

LOTS MORE OF Joe McNally please hes amazing..........!!!

[@marktomphotography]

"Killer" shots with excellent makeup. And epic shots from the master. 🙏🏽

[@pictureeyecandy]

Very cool. Give the bride and groom a hand since theirs are rotten. The OG, Joe always killing it even in a graveyard. Happy Halloween 2021

[@pattymattes7124]

This is great!!! Awesome job Joe!!! Marisa is an awesome model. Seth modeled too!!! He did a great job.

[@EdwardKilner]

Well done Joe and full cast and crew.

[@lindaallen594]

Great video! Joe McNally is the best! Great job by the whole team (loved the wedding couple Marissa & Seth)! 😀❤️👍

[@Valtrach]

Top quality! Thank you for this. Big thumb up.

[@MarkNF1]

Most fun video I've seen in a while and who knew that Marisa is such a terrific actress. But as always, it's the vision more than the technique. Like seeing the mirror and knowing that the reflection would make the shot. That cannot be taught.

[@zenphotojourney]

What a fun shoot! Marissa as always did great, Seth finally got to wear the special effects makeup instead of shooting it, and of course Joe is a master of lighting.

[@SDA0271]

How incredibly cool and fun to watch! Seth definitely has a future as a model!

[@Whatreally123]

Ohh wow didn't realise it was Seth there. 😀

[@robroeck2744]

Thanks Joe! Always enjoy learning with you.

[@Whatreally123]

Absolutely fantastic. My favourite was the one where she was looking into the mirror all happy. I just imagined her going berserk if someone interupted her at that moment. And them eating the cupcakes. As always Joe's work is fabulous.

[@MikeJamesMedia]

What a fun shoot, Joe, Marisa, and Seth! (and team) Done with your always-interesting style of lighting. I could watch these all day. Take care!

[@stevecraig9384]

"I can't leave well enough alone " Fantastic

[@klausnielsen7111]

So cool.... I would love to have such a shoot one day. Fantastic couple, great tutorial and great ideas...

[@rationalistfaith]

Never ever would do this but love the concept for the video! Fun watch 🙏🎃

[@gerardvandermeeren7195]

Mr. McNally, you really are the greatest !!!!

[@andrewchisholm3665]

Hold onto your dookie is gonna get spooky. Freakin awesome

[@WuWa.Shanghai]

I always learn a lot from Joe McNally, he is a good teacher, I have his book on the use of light, thanks! From Shanghai student.

[@davidfoster2613]

Such a fun idea

[@MrSpiff9]

Just beautiful Joe, and I think it's a good look for Seth (maybe next year if we ever have PhotoPlus Expo?). Cheers!

[@arangodan]

Excellent shoot!

[@jairoplagio5100]

Happy Halloweend John

[@brad_in_yyc]

Well that was just all kinds of fun! I loved how Seth got right into the mood while eating the cupcake and made the noises and the atmosphere assistant just about fell over laughing. That's the sign of a good, healthy set! Great fun everyone!

[@250GTOAJ]

Well that was great fun to watch the craft unfold. I think Vanessa has some formidable competition. Marisa and Seth make a Great Couple. Thanks Joe and Crew, Marisa and Seth! Happy Halloween 😀👍🇨🇦

[@SatanSupimpa]

I can still recognize traces of Seth under all that makeup, you know that's a zombie from Brooklyn. But Marisa always gets completely unrecognizable in this kind of makeup.

[@nancymccabe8660]

Brilliant Sir ☘️

[@montazownianr1]

Marisa finally looks beautiful :)

[@thomaschmara8687]

What a lot of fun! Always great to see what comes out of the creative recesses of Joe McNally's imagination, aided and abetted by his capable crew. Keep knocking 'em..uh...dead, team!

[@gewglesux]

I really like this one!!

[@72Webber]

Brilliant idea! Superbly executed, fully explained and great images! everyone should be dying to see this 🤣👏👏🧟🧟‍♂🎃

[@dailylife6183]

Wow....just wow great shooting👏👏👏, btw only Joe could mention the gear brand without advertising feels😆

[@susanquigley6812]

Enjoyed the video, and we used to live in Ridgefield.

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

Fun stuff!

[@RimantasLiubertas]

Joe is the best.

[@rahulnegi2941]

Joe is a true genius 👏

[@roycphotography]

@JoeMcNelly mesmerizing! How did you avoid reflection from such a large mirror? If possible, please explain in detail. You're a magician.

[@pedroparado60]

it would be interesting whether or not John is going to shoot with the new Z9, since it has not mechanical curtains. This would wreak havoc in some sort of flash setup for this master of flash photography.

[@buzbragdon9282]

So much fun! Wish I could have been there. How did you create the fog in the cemetery?

[@vegaryfoss179]

Fantastic stuff. Can see Seth has a promising new career 🤭

[@VALERYAN581]

OMG Joe McNally !Joe Z9?

[@shawnvine4918]

That was great fun. Congrats to the happy, (un)dead couple.

[@Neopulse00]

Oh my god that was Seth! He was unrecognizable in the thumbnail! Love this video!

[@pauldestocki6356]

I thought at first sight it was Mark Wallace and not Seth lol.

[@billmcfadden4791]

next up, the zombie wedding reception?

[@057rcbartman]

great video as usual Joe , but for ages iv been racking my brain , you remind me of someone , mannerism , speaking , then it struck me . Matt Damon ! your smile and persona. , but Matt isnt you .lol

[@Kommentaraccount]

12416 Views. There seem to be a market.

[@romiemiller7876]

Your wedding business is probably dead. :-)

[@otraguardia]

7:39 Looks like it's taken in front of a photo wallpaper. If you're using artificial lighting in that way, why even take the effort to go outside?