FotoFusion 2016: Portraits of the Famous and Infamous

FotoFusion 2016: Portraits of the Famous and Infamous with Brian Smith

I’ll be delivering the Keynote Speech at FotoFusion 2016. Join me at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre in West Palm Beach, Florida on January 22, 2016 for “Portraits of the Famous and Infamous with Brian Smith”

Portraits of the Famous and Infamous with Brian Smith

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM January 22, 2016
Community Event 612

Portrait photography is 10% technique and 90% psychology – the most important buttons you push are not on your camera. Learn how to engage your subject and capture the essence of their personality in a single portrait. Miami celebrity portrait photographer Brian Smith will share the keys to creating thought-provoking conceptual portraits to lift you portraits to the next level. Find out how to sell your ideas to your subjects and clients and how to improvise and let go of the reigns when it leads to the best shot.

Location: Library Auditorium
Palm Beach Photographic Centre | 415 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach, FL 33401 | 561.253.2600
Sponsored by Sony

Portrait Photography FOTOshoot with Brian Smith

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM January 22, 2016
Event 502 – Additional Fee: $30.00

Doesn’t everyone you photograph deserve their 15 Minutes of Fame? Learn Tips and Tricks from Miami celebrity portrait photographer Brian Smith on how to make anyone you shoot look and feel like a Hollywood Star. Learn his tips and tricks for award-winning portrait photography of A-list Hollywood celebrities including Anne Hathaway, Samuel L Jackson, Spike Lee, Kelsey Grammer, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Brian is sponsored by Sony.

Location: Studio
Palm Beach Photographic Centre | 415 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach, FL 33401 | 561.253.2600
Sponsored by Sony

If you can’t make it to FotoFusion 2016, you can still get behind-the-scenes celebrity portrait stories in ‘Secrets of Great Portrait Photography: Photographs of the Famous and Infamous’. Drawing upon the lessons I’ve learned over the last three decades photographing portraits of the rich and famous, the book blends lavish celebrity portraits of a coffee table book with technical how-to insights with a side dish of behind-the-scenes celebrity stories. ‘Secrets of Great Portrait Photography’ takes you though all the stages of a portrait shoot from pre-production planning to posing your portrait to perfecting your shot in post-production. Loaded with details about three decades of portrait photography, each chapter of this 264 page book, is packed full of tips to successful portrait photography sharing all the details of lessons learned from each shoot.