I’ll be one of the speakers at the Emerge Symposium in Miami this September 10-12th at the fabulous Mayfair Hotel & Spa in Coconut Grove. I’m going to be speaking and working with participants all day Saturday, September 11th.
Emerge Photography Symposium is geared towards photographers who advance best through small group, hands-on collaborative learning.
This event provide learning channels via three components:
– Instruction lectures by award-winning industry professionals
– Intensive hands-on photo shoot sessions
– Round table critique discussions of your images
Emerge Photography Symposium provides value by way of intimate interaction and a personalized experience. Listen to the the stories and experiences of industry professionals. Learn about how they developed their careers and ask questions about key pieces of information they wish they knew when they were starting out, or advice on how you can improve your craft and techniques.
Let me repeat: There will be no large conference room hall. Brian Smith, Tony Yang and Norman Chow certainly will not have microphones. It’s personal. It’s about you, me, your future new friends, a wealth of knowledge, and an awesome weekend in Miami, FL.
Come with your brain ready to soak, a prepared trigger index finger and a laptop to show off your new skills.
Early-bird registration will close Friday, August, 6, 2010. Hurry! Save $150 if you register before July 30, 2010!!!
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What day would be complete without another post from me about Burlesque? AmericanPHOTO has become the latest magazine to profile Burlesque. Fantastic article by Franklin Melendez in the July/August issue follows my burlesque shoots from 1993 up until now with photos of Tempest Storm, Dixie Evans, Inga Ingenue and the Amazing Knicker Kittens.
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And a drumroll please…Six of my Burlesque portraits won in the Celebrity/Editorial Portrait Category of PDN’s Faces 2010 Competition. The July 2010 Photo District News includes photos of Candy Carmelo and Kitten DeVille. The rest of the winning entry includes Dirty Martini, Roxi DLite, April March and the Chicago Starlets. My thanks to the lovely and talented Burlesque dancers. Take a bow ladies!
EQUIPMENT:
Sony a900 Cameras
Sony Zeiss 24-70/2.8
Profoto 2400 Acute 2
X-Rite ColorChecker Passport
X-Rite i1 Xtreme
Click here for a Behind-the-Scenes look at one of my burlesque shoots.
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With the Deadline quickly approaches for Blurb’s Photography Book Now Competition, Suzanne Caballero Knowlton of Blurb interviewed me for the Blurberati Blog about what makes a great photo book with shout outs to Elliott Erwitt, Irving Penn, Albert Watson, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Sebastião Salgado and publishers Steidl, Tashcen, teNeues and Assouline.
I’m happy to join an all-star panel of Photography Book Now 2010 judges Darius Himes, Monica Allende, David Fahey, Michael Mack, Lesley Martin, Susan Meiselas, Erin O’Toole, Martin Parr and Judith Puckett-Rinella as Brian Smith Juror Number Ten.
Get your entries in NOW to Blurb’s Photography Book Now 2010 Competition! The deadline is July 15th…ENTER NOW!
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Photographing People with Sony Artisan of Imagery Brian Smith this Saturday, May 15th in Dallas, Texas. Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Smith has been photographing with the famous and infamous faces of celebrities for magazines and advertising for the past 25 years.
Ritz University Special Event
WHERE: Embassy Suites – DFW Airport North
2401 Bass Pro Drive, Grapevine, TX 76051
(972-724-2600)
Space is limited Sign up early!
Cost: $25 Per Person, Per Session
Visit any the Ritz/Wolf Camera & Image to register
No phone registrations – You must register in person.
Session one: Saturday, May 15, 2010 (10:00 AM – 1:00 PM)
THE CELEBRITY PORTRAIT: 15 MINUTES WITH FAME
Smith will share his favorite celebrity portraits and the stories behind them and he will discuss the importance that lighting, styling, hair & make-up and location play in adding production value in producing better environmental portraits that can make your work stand out. Smith will show how photography can give everyone their 15 minutes of fame whether they are famous or infamous globally or just famous in your world.
Session Two: Saturday, May 15, 2010 (3:00 PM – 6:00 PM)
PORTRAITS ON LOCATION: CAPTURING PERSONALITY AND PLACE
Great environmental portraits capture both personality and place. Brian photographs noteworthy and notorious celebrities in the locations where they live, work and play. Smith will show how he photographs subjects on location so that the environment adds another dimension to the shoot citing examples of how he approaches shooting on location whether it’s a large production shoot of a famous subject or simply the someone he runs into on the street while traveling. The seminar will discuss location lighting and tips on selecting the best location to add visual interest to your photographs.
Whether you are a professional photographer or just want to shoot like one, join us for either of both of these informative seminars.
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$25k Photography Book Now 2010 Competition Announced
The call for entries for Blurb’s third annual Photography Book Now self-published book competition has been announced.
Darius Himes, a writer, consultant and acquiring editor at Radius Books, will again serve as lead judge in the competition. This year’s jury also includes:
Monica Allende, Photo Editor, London Sunday Times
David Fahey, Gallery Director, Fahey Klein
Michael Mack, Publisher, SteidlMack
Lesley Martin, Publisher, Aperture
Erin O’Toole, Assistant Curator of Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Judith Puckett-Rinella, Senior Photography Editor, T: The New York Times Style Magazine
Susan Meiselas, Photographer
Martin Parr, Photographer
Brian Smith, Photographer
The grand prize carries a cash award of $25,000. In addition to other prizes, the grand prize book, and books by the finalists in three categories—fine art, editorial and photography portfolio—will become part of the permanent collections at ICP, the Annenberg Space for Photography, and the George Eastman House.
Submissions will be taken through July 15, 2010. Entry details can be found at: http://photographybooknow.blurb.com/
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PDN’s 30 2010: Our Choice of New and Emerging Photographers to Watch
Thursday, April 15
Seminar: 6:30 – 8pm
Reception: 8 – 9pm
SVA Theatre, 333 West 23 Street
Free and open to the public
I’ll be appearing in a panel moderated by Holly Hughes, editor of Photo District News, with photographers chosen for the 2010 PDN’s 30 will offer their perspectives on getting started in the photo industry, how they go their first jobs and paid for their first promotional efforts, as well as what they learned in school and what they wish they had been taught. Panelists include three photographers from PDN’s 30: Adrian Mueller, Elizabeth Weinberg and Wayne Lawrence plus Men’s Health deputy photo director Jeanne Graves and Sony Artisan of Imagery Brian Smith.
Presented by the BFA Photography Department at SVA, Sony, Kodak and the ASMP.
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by Brian Smith on February 16, 2010
in Art & Soul,Blogs,Brian Smith,Celebrity Portrait Photography,Film,Inspiration,Miami Photographer,Organizations,People Photography,The Creative Coalition,briansmith.com
Thanks to Production Paradise for Spotlighting the Art & Soul Project. It’s been a great project to be able to work with The Creative Coalition and all the artists to show support for funding the arts and arts education. Thanks of all to all the celebrities including Samuel Jackson, Anne Hathaway, Adrian Grenier, Taraji P. Henson, Dule Hill, Tichina Arnold, Tony Bennett, Alyssa Milano, David Hyde Pierce, Tim Daly, Lynn Whitfield, Harry Belafonte, Richard Belzer, Robert Davi and Tamala Jones….for lending their voices to this great cause and their wonderful faces to my camera!
If you have checked out Production Paradise, take a look…they’re the directory and showcase for the visual media industry.
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