The Napkin Notebook
This thing is great! I found it after reading Joe McNally’s most recent blog post (if you don’t read his blog, you should; not only is he a great photographer, he’s funny as hell too!). Joe often presents the details of the lighting setup that he used for the pictures he presents on his blog in the form of a lighting diagram. He usually scribbles them on the nearest piece of paper that he finds lying around, such as a notepad from the Hotel he’s staying at. He also uses napkins or any other piece of available paper.
So it was hilarous to realize that he now has a spiral bound Napkin Notebook to sketch out his lighting setups. These notebooks are perfect for anyone who needs to jot down their thoughts and ideas, no matter where they are. If you are an engineer or an artist, or anyone else that that needs to be able to remember the ideas that fly in and out of your head, this product is for you!
Speaking of Joe, if you’re a photographer you really have to check out his two books, “The Moment it Clicks” and “The Hot Shoe Diaries“. These have become instantly classic volumes on photographic lighting and on being a photographer. They are easy to read and contain hundreds of valuable nuggets of incredibly useful information….
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[...] technique McNally includes a lighting diagram (typically a rough sketch on a used napkin, see the Napkin Notebook) showing where each light and modifier were positioned relative to the subject and the [...]