I’m very excited to be headed to speak at Photo Pro Expo this week where I’ll join an award-winning line-up of photographers including my pal Matt Kloskowski, Jerry Ghionis, Sandy Puc, Stacy Pearsall and the great Sam Abel. If you’re in the midwest, please join us in Covington, Kentucky from February 6-10 for a very memorable weekend!
Secrets of Great Portrait Photography
Friday, February 7th, 2014
3:30pm-5:30pm
Photo Pro Expo – Covington, Kentucky
Program Description:
Celebrity portrait photographer Brian Smith shares the lessons he’s learned over the past 30 years capturing the faces of the famous and infamous as a top magazine portrait photographer. Brian will discuss his approach to editorial and commercial assignments from concept to final images, and detailing his approach to lighting and problem solving on productions both small and large. Smith will also share secrets about how to quickly capture the personality of the people you photograph and he will also discuss how personal projects can be used to generate editorial and commercial assignments, and allow your personal style to evolve and grow while generating assignments you love to shoot. Smith will share celebrity portraits of from his new book ‘Secrets of Great Portrait Photography’ to show ways that you can make everyone you photograph look and feel like a star.
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Smith photographs portraits of Hollywood A-List and Fortune's 500 for magazines, corporations and advertising. He's a Sony Artisan of Imagery, Profoto Legend of Light, Adobe Influencer and X-Rite Master Coloratti.
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