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...

FIELD TEST: Zeiss Touit Lenses for Sony NEX

June 24, 2013 The promise of mirror-less cameras is lightweight and compact size compared to their bulkier heavier DSLR brethren. For much the same reason Leica rangefinders were favored over SLRs by many photojournalists, mirror-less cameras are the perfect choice when you want a smaller and more discrete camera without the noisy mirror-slap. Until now, […]

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Good Light Magazine Asks Five Questions

The latest issue of Good Light Magazine includes my Five Questions interview from editor Michael Zebel about portrait photography where I share a few tips from my book ‘Secrets of Great Portrait Photography‘. If you haven’t seem the magazine – give it a look. In addition to my interview, Michael and Thomas Boldt share a

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Elliott and Me

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Miami Mermaids photographed for Sony Make.Believe Campaign

Chain Reaction: A Story in Four Images

Published: June 10, 2013 In Sony’s Make.Believe video ‘Chain Reaction: A Story in Four Images’ I join my fellow Sony Artisans of Imagery Matthew Jordan Smith, Cristina Mittermeier and David McLain to share our creative process. We tell a story one image at a time as each of us interprets the previous photograph to advance

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Phoblographer Interview ‘Brian Smith: The Art of Photographing People’

The Phoblographer has posted a really nice interview “Brian Smith: The Art of Photographing People“. Really fun to chat with my fellow Peachpit author Ibarionex Perello who always asks insightful questions. He and I talk about photographing celebrities and regular folks and why making a connection is more important than your gear. I hope you’ll

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