Ian Yates

Win a Free Book, ‘The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light from Small Flashes’ – 12 for 2010, Day Eight

on Dec 28th 2009 with 232 comments

As part of the eighth day of 12 for 2010, we’re giving away a free copy of The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light from Small Flashes. Entering only takes a few seconds, since all you’ve got to do is leave a comment. Too easy.


The winner is:
danRpaulsen

Thanks to all that entered!

Meet Ian Yates

Ian Yates

Ian started out as a Vectortuts+ writer, and is now the Activetuts+ editor. He knows more than a thing or two about Flash, illustration and web design. He drew all the caricatures for the 12 for 2010 celebration, and is probably the only person to have seen photos of the entire Tuts+ team who also lived to tell the tale!

Win The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light from Small Flashes

The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light from Small Flashes

About the Book

After spending more than thirty years behind the lens—working for National Geographic, Time, Life, and Sports Illustrated—Joe McNally knows about light. He knows how to talk about it, shape it, color it, control it, and direct it. Most importantly, he knows how to create it…using small hot shoe flashes.

In The Hot Shoe Diaries, Joe brings you behind the scenes to candidly share his lighting solutions for a ton of great images. Using Nikon Speedlights, Joe lets you in on his uncensored thought process—often funny, sometimes serious, always fascinating—to demonstrate how he makes his pictures with these small flashes. Whether he’s photographing a gymnast on the Great Wall, an alligator in a swamp, or a fire truck careening through Times Square, Joe uses these flashes to create great light that makes his pictures sing.

How to Enter in 10 Seconds or Less

For the chance to win a free copy of the book, all you need to do is comment. Make sure to include your correct email address with your comment so that we can contact you. This giveaway is open worldwide, but make sure to get your comment in before midnight on New Year’s Eve, Pacific Eastern Standard Time.

To increase your chances of winning something, make sure to enter again once on each Tuts+ site. There are 8 giveaways going on right now, each with another chance to win.

Please note: Envato staff and people who have written more than two tutorials/articles for a Tuts+ site are not eligible to enter.

 
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  • Jardo

    cool! :)

    • Leo Peter

      nice book i say :)

  • Jonathan Barket

    Book sounds awesome.

  • Eduardo

    Mine, please!

  • Jean-Luc

    Sounds good!

  • http://radarek.jogger.pl Radosław Bułat

    Crossing fingers…

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/nhuisman Nathan

    Fan of his work, would really enjoy this read I think.

  • http://www.woodsphotodesign.com Brendon

    Count me in!

  • http://www.quietfish.com/notebook andrea

    Sounds really great. I’d love to learn more about small flash photography

  • Justin

    Me too!

  • Josje

    Awesome!

  • Jonathan

    Sounds like a good one! Hope I win!

  • mdj

    must… have… book… :) would be nice anyway :D

  • http://photojournal.michaltokarczuk.com/ Michal Tokarczuk

    Joe is g(o)od… :3

  • Daniele

    Great!

  • http://www.xhtml.si SpinX

    Want one!

  • Edan Tal

    Real Nice! I’m in…

  • http://www.designlovr.com DesignLovr

    I want it

  • http://www.adamramseth.com adam ramseth

    this book looks great!

  • http://www.carlbomfoto.se Danne (@dcarlbom)

    This book would be an awesome read for a strobist like myself. I’m crossing my fingers.

  • http://www.chrismday.com Chris Day

    ME!

  • http://www.scerakorphotography.blogspot.com Cameron Arsenault

    I’d like to learn a little lighting magic

  • http://kelownawedding.ca themisfit

    Lighting is so important. A book like this would be great.

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f098549ae61ab5048a52ebcf527ccb97.png Kevin

    Wow, you guys are giving away a great selection of books! I wouldn’t mind one!

  • RhondaB

    count me in

  • http://www.kundabungkid.com Kundabung Kid

    These days I need all the help I can get!!

  • Louis Saada

    :D

  • http://watcher.off.lv Watcher

    come to papa!

  • Betty Wisse

    Everyone should own this book !

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcwighton/ Jacob

    Joe is quite an engaging writer. This would be a great book to win.

  • http://www.macftw.com rickey

    I’ll give this a try…

  • xregretx

    i like books!

  • Mampranx

    Great

  • François Therrien

    Hope to have the chance to read it!!!!

    Well done Joe

  • http://dogboi.posterous.com dOgBOi

    Sounds awesome to me!

  • Jud

    Pleaser i need yhis book

  • Jud

    Great

  • Riccardo

    I’d love to win :-)

  • Steve Saragian

    Over here!

  • Michael Hutchinson

    Joe’s one of the best

  • Doug

    Cool. Pic me!

  • Janelle

    I want to win this time!!

  • http://www.ironnie.com iRonnie

    lovely cover… would love to win this one. :D

  • Trevin Jared

    Im getting a sb-600 flash for my camera, this could be put to good use!!!

  • Melissa Therrien

    This book looks great. I’d love it if it were mine!

  • http://www.rickylaw.org Ricky Law

    Joe McNally rocks!

  • http://www.icaropablo.com.br/ilustracoes/ Icaro Pablo

    Just it, i need do this comment in all tuts for gain plus acc? oh man, i just wanna win acc for cg tutsplus

  • http://jasmu.com jasmu

    want it!

  • http://www.10designs.co.uk Tom Newbold

    sounds awsome!

  • JMV

    Looks like a hot book.

  • matt

    i really need this book. The flash is not my friend (yet).

  • http://www.gregveit.com Greg Goodale

    Me too.

  • http://flickr.com/jhaygamba Jhay Gamba

    nice

  • matt

    very nice!

  • http://www.traackr.com Derek Skaletsky

    Yup…would love it!

  • tamriel

    That one sounds really sweet …. :)

  • Alex

    The looks interesting :)

  • Juliet San Nicolas

    This looks amazing! = )

  • DanteV

    This seems very interesting!

  • http://seeriouuslyy.deviantart.com Sam Lim

    Lovely :)

  • http://twitter.com/desfolio Desmond W.

    I have a sb-600 & thinking about getting a su-800, this book would come in handy.

  • Guy M

    This man has redefined the use of flash photography and is one of the best writers around when it comes to photography

  • Ze’ev Klapow

    Looks very cool

  • http://twitter.com/Illusionite Dev

    Nice one.

  • Haley

    Yes! THIS looks great

  • Eric

    Incredible!

  • Serge Khm

    Memememe! Pick meeee!
    Awesome! Id love it! :)

    Happy New Year ppl!

  • mona

    Love it ;)

  • http://laranzjoe.blogspot.com lawrence77

    Ian send me that photos ;)

  • Collin

    Wow, I’d really like to win this!

  • Zlatko

    2x sb800 and and sb900, finding some creative new ways to use them, could come in handy.

  • Alex C

    Want this…

  • Rodrigo Echeverría

    Nice :)
    I want to win :D

  • Alice

    Nice, I’d like to have!

  • http://czlowieq.pl Czlowieq

    Looks like a good book.

  • http://flickr.com/8caliber 8caliber

    Yeah, me too.

  • Hedo

    Looks like great book…

  • Joan Leon

    Very nice

  • Henry

    I want this book.

  • Goldberg

    Games of light are so beautiful… Not a big surprise that it’s one of the things humans can look forever at.

  • Irit

    Sounds good to me

  • http://www.ryanbarlin.com Ryan Barlin

    I invented photography* so by all means send me the book!

    *may not have actually happened

  • http://punkddesigns.lv Daniel

    Great

  • June

    Excellent.

  • http://aik-friendsnfamily.blogspot.com Aik

    I’d love to win this! Thanks!

  • http://danrpaulsen.wordpress.com danRpaulsen

    great :D

  • Ales

    The book looks nice!

  • hugo castro

    this is exactly what I need learning for taking pics with my small camera

  • http://www.oneyear.ch A7man

    on it

  • http://www.yeahmanh.com yeahmanh

    this book would be a godsend as i am suck when it comes to flash photography. =/

  • http://christopherstlouis.com Chris

    Sweet! Count me in! :)

  • Plamen Silyanov

    Sweet :) I’m in :P

  • Tobias

    That would be kinda great :)

  • Tõnu Rääk

    cant wait to read it xD

  • http://twitter.com/michelegera Michele Gerarduzzi

    Count me in!

  • Chris

    Big flash, but slim chance probably.

  • http://sckit.com pG0

    chances are less but few of us will surely win.
    Hope i could be one among them.

  • http://blog.petrusha.name StewardTZ

    Comments mania go on :)

  • rtron

    Me like me like!

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    C’mon guys, pick me! ;)

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    looks very good :D

  • Peter

    Count me in :)

  • Byron

    I like this :)

  • http://tuxxtreme.deviantart.com TuxXtreme

    I’d be sooo happy :D

  • oLLi

    Love photography! … Me?! Yes!

  • http://www.legionofthedamned.net Catalin Ionescu

    Cool!

  • unluckyXIII

    am i greedy hahah

  • http://www.webtrindade.com.br Jônatan Fróes

    Can I post my address here?

  • http://warstwy.com adone

    Sweet.

  • wap

    nice one :d

  • zombilla

    what a book! i’d love have it :)

  • Nik Dhingra

    I want one.

  • Tiberiu Wagner

    thank you

  • Stridar

    Booyah!

  • Dillon Stein

    Nice!

  • http://www.schmacklab.com Mark Luetke

    yes all I have is small flashes

  • Ugo Bresolin

    Cool book!!!!

  • http://www.chaosmedia.net Henrik Hedlund

    Loved “The Moment It Clicks”, so this should be interesting..

  • Alex…

    heavenly lightning

  • Marcos

    Let’s try. D:

  • Alessandra

    Great gift!

  • http://www.luzunlimited.com/blog Scott

    This would be a perfect Christmas gift!

  • http://www.james-quest.com James Quest

    Too many people, but count me in as well…

  • http://www.gdepm.com Gaspar Garcia de Paredes

    let’s go!

  • Cinnamon

    Pick me! Pick me!

  • griju

    nice

  • http://mikebranski.com/ Mike Branski

    I’ve heard great things about this book.

  • Claudia

    Great! I want it, yet!

  • http://flickr.com/dandooo Daniel DNS

    Sounds great

  • Mits

    I’m entering all of these competitions. Pick me, Pick Me, lol

  • Curtis

    cool

  • agnes luvisotto

    a perfect gift for my little sister, who loves taking photos

  • Jordan Cain

    Nice!

  • jay Wilson

    need a new pair of shoes

  • Jennifer

    I’m in! Thank you.

  • http://buka.su maxgabba

    i’m in

  • kerry

    Kerry wants it !!!

  • http://www.borisyankov.com Boris Yankov

    Superb!

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    This is awesome!

  • Alex Russell

    Yes please!

  • Calin Lazau

    Awesome!

  • Fada

    in

  • Simon Steele

    cool

  • spoxan

    I want this!

  • noldo

    I’m in.

  • Riccardo

    I’m in :-)

  • Naphtali

    Happy New Year everybody!

  • http://www.pixelesybits.com/ Douglas Lopez

    Really nice book, the light its so difficult to use

  • http://fh.rs Levente

    Hi, I would like to get it! Have a merry christmas and a happy new year!

  • John

    I’ve had my eye on this one for a while!

  • Vin

    This book looks amazing!

  • http://cmstutorials.org krike

    me want, me want :D

  • Pastey

    Why Not? after all, would be rude not too!

  • Jeff

    Hot shoes? Yup, just what I need for those long winter days!

  • Fabian

    nice :)

  • http://www.cashbackprinting.com Tom

    In without the SIN

  • Hannah Bishop

    I love Joe McNally!

  • http://psdcreativo.com/ Nuok

    Good :D

  • Enrico

    Wow this is great! I’m in!

  • David Luzar

    woohoo

  • Jackie

    Neat!

  • Keith

    I have been wanting this book for some time now, just never had the dough to buy it!

  • http://davidg.ro davidg

    yay!

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ee0be5a513a7240989f38075e7cfa968?s=80 Joigie

    Book me, Dano!

  • jay Wilson

    Light it up!

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottcoulter Scott Coulter

    Tops on my list. Love to win this one.

  • http://www.byrnitch.blogspot.com/ byrn kong

    I’ve just got myself a flash gun… Its time for me to get the book!!!

  • http://mesopinions.ca Francois

    Thanks

  • Valentinos Demetriou

    Merry Xmass guyyys!!!!!

  • Adam

    Happy new year!

  • http://themegamag.com Fatma

    hope I’m not late :)

  • Alex M

    Looks good.

  • eran Z

    Awesomo! I’m in

  • c21thorpe

    Great.

  • http://robcomm.net Valerie

    me too

  • somerset

    great present for my photographer bf!

  • Matt L

    Nice

  • http://www.mike-moran.com Mike Moran

    Happy New Year!

  • http://evine.nl JeroenKoning

    Awesomes! I love the videos with Joe. Wouldn’t mind to have an amazing book of him!

  • Dave

    Sweet!

  • http://www.brentalexander.net Brent Alexander

    Count me in!

  • Alex

    Pick me :)

  • Ismail

    Holaaa

  • Abdullah

    I want it

  • http://www.fuseboxgroup.com Bleyder

    Yes

  • http://www.katepayton.com Kate

    Omgosh I have lighting issues, and this sounds like it would help me out <3

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/dayvison_n/ Dayvison Nunes

    I want it, i want it!!!

  • http://www.hazimsami.com Hazim Sami

    I had my eyes on this book for a while, but I keep getting mixed feedback from people who read it, maybe I could finally put all chitchat to rest :)

  • Eevoh

    Fantastic. I like one.

  • xazomail@gmail.com

    i want it so much :|

  • Martina

    Give it to meeee!!! Give it to meeee!!!
    I will be waiting :)

  • http://www.dubtastic.com Jason Morrison

    Would love to win this!

  • http://www.re-alignedmedia.nl Jayant Bharosa

    COol

  • Giuseppe

    me too

  • Giuseppe

    Mai vinto niente

  • Ivan Kiriliuk

    Interessant ! Vraiment !

  • Mihai Neacsu

    W00t!

  • Andrea

    Awesome!

  • Chris

    Your Message…..

  • Phil

    nice!

  • Chris

    Awesome! Thanks!

  • http://www.flickr.com/user/mrxero MD

    my message :)

  • iOhnn

    greetings Tuts !

  • Tyler Henson

    Me <3 books!!!

  • Betty Boop

    oh c*rap, I wished I read “The Secret”, I would become…who knows what…by now….

  • http://www.drinkthisshow.com/ Glenn

    You can never have enough books!

  • Nick Walker

    :)

  • Aerendyl

    Great giveaway. :)

    Good luck!

  • Dipti

    I’m on positive side, hoping that I will get my New year gift from tuts+
    :)

  • Bernard

    Oh yeah I want it !

    Happy New year from Belgium !!

  • http://modifiedreal.tumblr.com Tim

    Sweet!

  • Vroulou Matina

    plz, plz, plz!!!!!!!

  • http://www.jillianmcgrath.com Jillian McGrath

    I was actually just looking into buying this book :)

  • Mary Ann

    Who knows, so here goes!
    This book is needed
    to take away my lighting woes!

    Happy New Year!

  • Gabriela Hernandez

    I was actually going to buy this book as well.

    I will wait now. I hope I get it.

  • fastlics

    Hope I get it

  • http:www.alohastatemedia.com Nate Volk

    wow, that’d be a great read and study :)

  • http://www.gason.com.ar Gason

    Good one

  • http://www.yogodoshi.com/blog Cayo Medeiros

    Nice topic!

  • Emina

    Nice!

  • Jessica

    Please!!! I’d love it!!!

  • goeker

    Looks like a great book! Thanks..

  • Rob Cordosi

    Yes please.

  • FEATHERcoding

    entered!

  • kimfromkansas

    I really want this book!!!

  • blackyeti

    happy creative new year :)…

  • http://www.ucarmetin.com/ Metin Ucar

    Happy New Year!

  • Kul

    Happy New Year everybody and good luck!!
    Regards!

  • http://www.jmundiephotography.com Jason

    I want one!

  • raffaella isidori

    happy 2010 :-)

  • Microbugs

    Happy NYE!

  • http://www.giuliandrimba.com Giulian Drimba

    i will win…positive thinking!!! :D