portrait lighting

Save $200 Today on Angler CatchLight Reflector

Angler CatchLight Reflector | List Price $299.90 | Save $200 | Today Only $99.90 Includes Free Angler White Fabric for CatchLight Panel ($43.95 value) Angler CatchLight Reflector is a portable fill reflector designed to fill hard shadows under the nose and around the eyes to portraits lit from above. The Catchlight 58.5″ wide modifier has […]

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Iconic Portrait Lighting at PhotoPlus Expo 2pm TODAY!

Join Me for a Talk on Iconic Portrait Lighting at 2pm Today! NEW! Iconic Portrait Lighting Friday, October 27, 2017: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Room: 1E08, Jacob Javits Center, New York City Session Number: FB2 Speaker: Brian Smith Brian Smith will break down the lighting he’s used to create iconic portraits of Hollywood’s A-list

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Profoto Tiny Talks | Brian Smith

My friends at Profoto posted this short video clip of my talk on ‘Iconic Portrait Lighting’ at their booth at WPPI 2016. If you’re attending WPPI 2017, be sure to check out my full platform talk TONIGHT at 6:30PM!

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Portrait Photography Tips: Less is More

Clearing out all the distractions from a photo is often more important than what you put in. Remove everything that draws your eye away from the essence of the image. Clear the clutter. Eliminate the extraneous. Keep It Simple Stupid! When Forbes assigned me to shoot Don King, art director Bob Mansfield’s directions consisted of

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Ikan Piatto LED Accent Lights

Ikan Piatto PL90 9″ Accent Light | List Price: $379.00 | Instant Savings: $60.00 | You Pay: $319.00 Ikan Piatto PL90 9″ Accent Light ($319 after discount at B&H) is a daylight-balanced beauty or wash light that employs edge light technology for extra soft output. Three-hundred tiny LEDs point inward towards the light’s frame where

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