Brian Smith

Miami photographer Brian Smith is the luckiest guy on the planet. He won a Pulitzer Prize at 25, he's told Bill Gates exactly what to do for an entire hour, appeared on The X Factor, exhibited at the Library of Congress, dined with the President and 3,000 of their closest friends, shared cupcakes with Anne Hathaway, gotten drunk with George Clooney and married the most beautiful woman he ever laid eyes on...

Greetings from Fabulous Photoshop World

Greetings from Fabulous Las Vegas where I’m opening for Elvis! That’s right. I’m the opening act for Mister Photoshop World, Scott Kelby hisself at the Peachpit booth at Photoshop World Las Vegas. Thankyouverymuch… Come see me talk ‘Secrets of Great Portrait Photography‘ on Thursday, September 5th at 1:10pm and we’ll be sure to get you […]

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Legendary Petzval Lens Reinvented For DSLR Portrait Photography

Here’s your chance to own a Legendary 19th Century Petzval lens re-invented for your DSLR Camera. The original Petzval was invented by Joseph Petzval in Vienna in 1840 and had a huge impact on the development of photography. The speed and performance of Petzval’s design was especially well suited for portrait photography and helped give

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Shoot it Like Stanley Kubrick

Filmmakers can now shoot their next film with Stanley Kubrick’s Super-Fast Zeiss Lenses. Kubrick used modified Carl Zeiss f0.7 lens developed for NASA to photograph the dark side of the moon to shoot the candlelit scenes in his 1975 film ‘Barry Lyndon’. The lenses were modified for Kubrick by Ed DiGiulio, of Cinema Products Corporation

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R.I.P. Dixie Evans: Burlesque Legend

I first saw Dixie Evans when CNN interviewed the woman known as the ‘Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque’ and immediately thought how much fun it would be to photograph her. As Dixie spun her tales, I knew it was exactly the sort of shoot I dreamed of landing. In life, you can either sit back and

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Speaking at Photoshop World Las Vegas

I’m extremely excited to be joining a star-studded line-up of speakers at Photoshop World in Las Vegas this September 4-6, 2013 to talk about conceptual portrait photography and ways you can use personal photo projects to land your dream shoot. Come join me at Photoshop World in Vegas where you’ll see Scott Kelby, Matt Kloskowski,

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