Joe Mcnally - Empire State Building

Some of you may know I am a big fan of Joe Mcnally. His work with Nikon Speedlights and CLS is just awesome. In one of his books he shows an image he took (2 in fact) at the very top of the empire state building.

On assignment, he was tasked with shooting a piece for the National Geographic about "The Power Of Light" and putting his own twist on that thought, decided to shoot the guy who's job it was to change the right light at the top of the Empire state building.

A different slant on a simple shot of changing a lightbulb I think You will agree.

The image he shot is show below

I think you will agree this is a breathtaking image. Now this was not a simple matter of pop up take a shot and back down again, and thats a wrap. Several failed attempts meant that he had to persevere until he got the shot he wanted.

You can clearly see that there is not much higher he could have got before getting this shot.

I love this shot, just awesome!


Now while he was up there he did take advantage of the opportunity and he took a self portrait to end all self portraits. Not many people get the chance to be where he was right then. Given the choice, I think Id have wanted to do the same.

The image he took is shown below.

Below is a video of the making of these image. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

:)