McNally – best known for his location-lighting techniques, killer body of work, and numerous training video segments was in Vancouver for a week-long “location lighting” seminar held at Vancouver Photoworkshops (If you’ve not had the chance to take a workshop from VPW, I strongly encourage it – great pros, reasonable rates!)

Two hours before his official class begun, Joe dropped by the meeting to showcase some lighting ideas with speedlights placed outside a window, simulating late sun. With the addition of a large reflector, Model Mayhem volunteer Cindy Fay was lit in a variety of unique ways – putting one more lighting trick in the back pocket of the 20 photographers in attendance.

Vancouver now gets bragging rights for the coolest rockstar “drop in” to a local, underground lighting event – easily topping Seattle’s recent meetup featuring David Hobby and Chase Jarvis.

How do we get these guys to visit Calgary or the Windy City?