Editorial Photography

‘Secrets of Great Portrait Photography’ PhotoPlus Expo 2011

by Brian Smith on October 23, 2011

in Seminars & Speaking

I’m very excited for the chance to do a completely updated presentation of the ‘Secrets of Great Portrait Photography’ at this year’s PhotoPlus Expo on October 27th in NYC.  PDN’s PhotoPlus Expo is the U.S. version of Photokina – it’s a trade show and learning experience. I’ll pass along all my tips about photographing people and shooting great portraits.We had a full house last year and this year’s talk will be even better with lots of new photos and tips.

Thursday, October 27, 2011 from 1:15 PM to 3:15 PM
Secrets of Great Portrait Photography
Speaker: Brian Smith
sponsored by SONY
Javits Center, 655 West 34th Street, NYC – ROOM 1A23

Seminar Description: Celebrity portrait photographer Brian Smith will share the lessons he’s learned over the past 30 years capturing the faces of the famous, infamous and un-famous as a top magazine portrait photographer. He will discuss his approach to editorial and commercial photography assignments from concept to final images, detailing his approach to lighting and problem solving on productions large and small. He will also share his secrets for working quickly to capture the personality of the people he photographs. Finally, Smith will discuss how personal projects can be used to generate commercial and editorial photography assignments and to allow your personal style to evolve and grow while generating assignments you love to shoot.

Register for PhotoPlus Expo before 10/25 for discounts to seminars and free admission to the tradeshow.

In addition to this seminars, I’ll be speaking and doing shooting demos along with all of the Sony Artisans at the Sony booth on the PhotoPlus Expo trade show floor – Booth 818

Photographer Elliott Erwitt

Photography Legend Elliott Erwitt photographed for 'Art & Soul'

Tagged as: Brian Smith, commercial photography, Editorial Photography, Lighting, NYC, PDN, PhotoPlus Expo, Secrets of Great Portrait Photography, Sony Artisans

{ 1 comment }

PDN Faces 2010 Winner

by Brian Smith on June 30, 2010

in Awards

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.

Tagged as: April March, Awards, Brian Smith, Burlesque, Candy Carmelo, Celebrity Portrait Photography, Chicago Starlets, Dirty Martini, Editorial Photography, Editorial Portrait, Kitten DeVille, Miami Photographer, PDN Faces 2010, Photo District News, Roxi Dlite

{ 0 comments }

Double Helping of Bad News for UK Photographers

by Brian Smith on February 17, 2010

in Copyright

The Copyright Action website details the ugly truth behind two possible changes to UK copyright laws. Going a step beyond the ugly-enough Orphan Works bill proposed in the U.S. last year, the British version essentially strips away rights of creators:

“The quaint notion that the author alone has prime and inalienable rights over his/her own work, must be able to restrict usage, negotiate a fee, prevent usage they consider immoral or distasteful, or assert their moral right to attribution, is about to pass into history. This is the biggest change in UK copyright law in 150 years. It also punches holes through the Berne agreement, international copyright law and TRIPS.”

Making bad news even worse, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is proposing a new code for personal information online that is a virtual ban on public photography which ONLY applies to professional photographers:

“Mindful of the damage this would do to tourism and how much it would piss off Joe Public to be told he can’t use his cameraphone in the street to make humiliating snaps of his drunk mates for Facebook (and quite possibly subsequent orphan use by Rupert Murdoch), ICO have decided that this lunacy shall only apply to pro photographers, a small enough constituency to castrate with impunity.”

Worst Bills Ever!

Tagged as: Copyright, Copyright Action, Editorial Photography, England, Orphan Works, Public Photography, Street Photography, UK, United Kingdon

{ 0 comments }

Shutterbug Magazine Interview – January 2010

by Brian Smith on January 30, 2010

in Interviews

Maria Piscopo interviewed me along with my friends  Brian Smale, Robbie McClaran and Shawn G. Henry about changes in the editorial photography market for her piece ‘The Business Of Editorial Photography: Telling A Story With Images” in the January 2010 Shutterbug Magazine. 

Tagged as: Editorial Photographers, Editorial Photography, Maria Piscopo, Shutterbug

{ 0 comments }

BYU January 20, 2010 – The Future of Editorial Photography

by Brian Smith on January 18, 2010

in Seminars & Speaking

I’ll be speaking about the Future of Editorial Photography to students at Brigham Young University on January 20th.

The lecture is free and is open to any professional photographers in the area.

The Future of Editorial Photography
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Time: 7:00PM
Location: Room 3108 JKB (Jesse Knight Building) Brigham Young University, Provo Utah

Seminar Topics:

• How to get and keep the attention of photo editors and art directors at top magazines
• How production value can make your work stand out
• How to charge properly for digital processing
• What are the best things you can do in a slow economy
• How to maximize re-licensing, syndication and reprint revenue
• How will the shift to online content will affect rates
• What you should know about editorial that nobody told you

Editorial Photography is undergoing rapid change, yet the death of magazine photography has been greatly exaggerated. Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Smith, President of Editorial Photographers, will discuss how to maximize the creative and commercial rewards while avoiding bad contracts, stagnant rates and rights-gobbling appetites of multinational media corporations.

Thanks for generous support provided by:

Tagged as: Brian Smith, Brigham Young University, BYU, Editorial Photography, Education, Eitorial Photographers, Magazine Photography, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, Seminars, Sony

{ 0 comments }

EP Announces 2009 EP Education Grant Winners

by Brian Smith on June 12, 2009

in Editorial Photographers

Editorial Photographers is pleased to announce the winners of the 2nd Annual EP Education Grants student photo competition:

Leah Tepper-Byrne – ICP
Theresa Juarez – Academy of Art University, SF
ValJean Anderson – Academy of Art University, SF
Eliot Crowley – Academy of Art University, SF
Ross Feighery – Columbia College, Chicago
Samuel James – Tufts University
Joseph Escamilla – Pasadena Art Center College of Design

Each winner will receive a $1000 cash prize, ThinkTank Urban Disguise 30 camera bag, Blinkbid Software, one year Livebooks:Edu subscription, one year PhotoShelter standard account, and other prizes.

The winners were selected by members of the EP Board of Directors and Special Guest Judges:

Laurie Kratochvil, former Director of Photography at Rolling Stone and InStyle
Rob Haggart, of aphotoeditor.com, former Director of Photography at Men’s Journal and Outside
Ronnie Weil, Director of Photography at Business Week
Robert Mansfield, Art Director at Forbes

EP wishes to congratulate or winners and thank our lovely judges!
—
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

Tagged as: Academy of Art University, Columbia College, Editorial Photographers, Editorial Photography, Education Grants, Eliot Crowley, EP, ICP, Joseph Escamilla, Laurie Kratochvil, Leah Tepper-Byrne, Pasadena Art Center, Photography, Rob Haggart, Robert Mansfield, Ronnie Weil, Ross Feighery, Samuel James, Theresa Juarez, Tufts University, ValJean Anderson

{ 0 comments }

Thanks Lou…

by Brian Smith on May 27, 2009

in Blogs

Lou Lesko of BlinkBid pimped me out today on the Livebooks blog about the future of editorial photography. I don’t necessarily share Lou’s views about encouraging blogs to use of your photos for free, unless, of course, the blogs are about with one of my two favorite subjects: photography and me...

Yet I certainly agree that blogs are a great way to get your name out there. Thanks for the blog love, dude!

Tagged as: BlinkBid, Blogs, Brian Smith, Editorial Photography, Lou Lesko, Miami Photographer

{ 0 comments }

ASMP New England – The Future of Editorial Photography
E.P. Levine – May 12th, 2009

by Brian Smith on May 12, 2009

in Seminars & Speaking

Brian Smith – The Future of Editorial Photography
May 12th Time: Social hour & Food: 6:00; Program: 7:00
Location: EP Levine, 23 Drydock Ave, Boston MA 02210
617-951-1499

Editorial Photography is undergoing rapid change, yet the death of magazine photography has been greatly exaggerated. Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Smith, President of Editorial Photographers, will discuss how to maximize the creative and commercial rewards while avoiding bad contracts, stagnant rates and rights-gobbling appetites of multinational media corporations. Smith will discuss the need to charge properly for the time and expense of digital capture and processing and why photographers and agencies may be to blame for unreasonably low caps that some magazines that some magazines have placed on digital fees. Photographers, when united, have been able to affect positive change to the industry for fair contracts paying higher fees and space usage and how photographers unwilling to turn down bad deals can send it all tumbling down.

Seminar Topics:
• How to get and keep the attention of photo editors and art directors at top magazines
• How production value can make your work stand out
• What are the best things you can do in a slow economy • How to maximize re-licensing, syndication and reprint revenue
• How will the shift to online content will affect rates
• What you should know about editorial that nobody told you

EP President Brian Smith’s first magazine photograph appeared in Life Magazine when he was a 20 year-old student at the University of Missouri. Five years later he won the Pulitzer for photographs of the Los Angeles Olympics. Based in Miami Beach, his work has won awards in World Press Photo, American Photo, Pictures of the Year and Communication Arts Competitions and has appeared on hundreds of magazine covers including Time, Forbes, Business Week, Sports Illustrated, and New York Magazine. Smith is a Sony Artisan of Imagery. His work can be seen at: www.briansmith.com

Tagged as: ASMP, Brian Smith, Editorial Photographers, Editorial Photography, Miami Photographer, Seminars & Speaking

{ 0 comments }

The Future of Editorial Photography – Philadelphia April 30, 2009

by Brian Smith on April 27, 2009

in Seminars & Speaking

This Thursday April 30th, 2009 I will speak about the future of Editorial Photography. Come learn about all my secrets for lighting and hear the stories of how I approach my photography assignments.  I will discuss my latest photo shoot of 85 celebrities for The Creative Coalition and how I produced the shoot.  The location is Power Plant Productions, 230 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106.  Come early for a good seat!

Editorial Photography is undergoing rapid change, yet the death of magazine photography has been greatly exaggerated. Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Smith, President of Editorial Photographers, will discuss how to maximize the creative and commercial rewards while avoiding bad contracts, stagnant rates and rights-gobbling appetites of multinational media corporations.

Smith will discuss the need to charge properly for the time and expense of digital capture and processing and why photographers and agencies may be to blame for unreasonably low caps that some magazines that some magazines have placed on digital fees. Photographers, when united, have been able to affect positive change to the industry for fair contracts paying higher fees and space usage and how photographers unwilling to turn down bad deals can send it all tumbling down.

Seminar Topics:
• How to get and keep the attention of photo editors and art directors at top magazines
• How production value can make your work stand out
• What are the best things you can do in a slow economy
• How to maximize re-licensing, syndication and reprint revenue • How will the shift to online content will affect rates
• What you should know about editorial that nobody told you

Thursday, April 30th, 2009, 7 PM
Location:  Power Plant Productions
230 North 2nd Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
Powerplantproductions.com

I hope to see you all in Philadelphia!

Brian Smith

Tagged as: ASMP, Brian Smith, Editorial Photographers, Editorial Photography, Future of Editorial Photography, Philadelphia

{ 0 comments }

EP Announces 2nd Annual EP Education Grants Student Photo Competition!

by Brian Smith on April 27, 2009

in Contests

In an effort to recognize and support emerging editorial photographers, EP is pleased to announce our Second Annual EP Education Grants student photo competition!

New this year, two additional cash prizes of $1000 each, for a total of seven available $1000 awards courtesy of EP and Blinkbid!

Awards will be granted to each of seven outstanding full time photography students. Winners will each receive the following items courtesy of EP, BlinkBid, and several other industry sponsors:

* A $1000 check to further their photographic career
* ThinkTank Urban Disguise 30 camera bag
* Blinkbid Software
* One-year EP membership with winning entries shown on the EP website
* One-year Subscription on Livebooks:Edu
* John Harrington’s book, “Best Business Practices for Photographers”

The panel of contest judges will include EP Board Members and several Guest Judges who will be announced shortly.

Eligible contestants must be enrolled in an accredited, full time college photography program in the U.S. or Canada during the 2008-2009 year, and previous winners are not eligible to win again. All entries must be complete by 12:01am on Saturday, May 16, 2009, so don’t delay!

Get the full details here: http://www.editorialphoto.com/epedu and please feel free to forward these details to any full time student who may be eligible, or to teachers and staff of eligible photography programs. Good luck to all the entrants!

Tagged as: Editorial Photographers, Editorial Photography, Education, EP, Grants, Photo Competitions, Student

{ 0 comments }

← Previous Entries

UA-16616053-1