by Brian Smith on June 30, 2010
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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!
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Click here for a Behind-the-Scenes look at one of my burlesque shoots.
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by Brian Smith on May 29, 2009
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The entry deadline for Editorial Photographers’ Second Annual EP Education Grants student photo competition is TOMORROW, May 30, 2009.
A total of seven prize packages are available to full time photography students who enter and submit their portfolio by the deadline. Each package includes a $1000 cash prize, a ThinkTank Urban Disguise 30 camera bag, Blinkbid Software, a one year subscription to Livebooks:Edu, a one year Standard Account at PhotoShelter, and other prizes.
EP is also pleased to announce that our guest judges for the 2009 Grants include Laurie Kratochvil, former Director of Photography at Rolling Stone and InStyle, aphotoeditor.com Rob Haggart, former Director of Photography at Men’s Journal and Outside, Robert Mansfield, Art Director of Forbes and Ronnie Weil, Director of Photography of Business Week.
Get the full details here: http://www.editorialphoto.com/epedu and please feel free to forward this message to any full time student who may be eligible, or to teachers and staff of eligible photography programs. Good luck to all the entrants!
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Editorial Photographers [EP] is a non-profit, mutual benefit organization of working and emerging photographers, educators, and students who participate in the field of editorial photography. EP’s mission is to raise awareness of proper business practices among photographers, and to advocate for contracts and terms that allow both creators and users of editorial photography to profit and prosper. To apply for membership in EP, please visit http://www.editorialphoto.com/register .
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by Brian Smith on May 19, 2009
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To meet late demand, Editorial Photographers [EP] has extended the entry deadline for our Second Annual EP Education Grants student photo competition until May 30, 2009.
A total of seven prize packages are available to full time photography students who enter and submit their portfolio by the deadline. Each package includes a $1000 cash prize, a ThinkTank Urban Disguise 30 camera bag, Blinkbid Software, a one year subscription to Livebooks:Edu, a one year Standard Account at PhotoShelter, and other prizes.
EP is also pleased to announce that our guest judges for the 2009 Grants include Laurie Kratochvil, former Director of Photography at Rolling Stone and InStyle, aphotoeditor.com Rob Haggart, former Director of Photography at Men’s Journal and Outside and Robert Mansfield, Art Director of Forbes.
Get the full details here: http://www.editorialphoto.com/epedu and please feel free to forward this message to any full time student who may be eligible, or to teachers and staff of eligible photography programs. Good luck to all the entrants!
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Editorial Photographers [EP] is a non-profit, mutual benefit organization of working and emerging photographers, educators, and students who participate in the field of editorial photography. EP’s mission is to raise awareness of proper business practices among photographers, and to advocate for contracts and terms that allow both creators and users of editorial photography to profit and prosper. To apply for membership in EP, please visit http://www.editorialphoto.com/register .
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by Brian Smith on November 20, 2008
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WWW.BRIANSMITH.COM was recognized for outstanding Website Design by the judges of the 2008 AltPick Awards competition.
The AltPick Awards jury included:
Laurie Kratochvil, Freelance Photo Editor, New York, NY
Evan Kriss, Photo Editor, The Washington Post, Washington D.C.
Carolyn Rausch, Photo Editor, WIRED, San Francisco, CA
Rob Beckon, Art Buyer, 72andSunny, El Segundo, CA
Cindy Rowe, Manager/Art Production, Saatchi & Saatchi, Torrance CA
Jimmy Collins, Associate Creative Director, Hills Holiday Advertising, Inc, New York, NY
Jason Cochrane, Creative Director, Keltie+Cochrane, Newcastle, England
Matthew Richmond, Web Designer, The Chopping Block, New York, NY
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by Brian Smith on February 3, 2007
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Even though I photograph famous athletes like Shaquille O’Neal and Dwyane Wade, more often I get the call to shoot more unusual aspects of sport like the Gatorade scientists, female boxers or 80-year-old surfers. With the possible exception of the Olympics, my favorite sports shoot of all time was a shoot that I did for Miriam Marseu of Sports Illustrated on Nudist Golf. We had a couple hours over two days to shoot on a tiny nine-hole pitch and putt golf course at one of Florida’s oldest Naturist Resorts just down the road from Disneyworld.
Of course the real challenge was keeping all the naughty bits hidden so that it could actually appear in a magazine that annually finds ways to hide the naughty bits of 6’4” 19-year-old supermodels in their highly touted “Sports Illustrated I Forgot to Wear My Swimsuit Issue.”
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