Published: December 31, 2012 What an amazing whirlwind 2012 has been! It was the year I wrote, designed and released my new portrait photography book from Peachpit’s New Riders, ‘Secrets of Great Portrait Photography’. Thanks to great support from bloggers including David Hobby, Scott Kelby, David Schonauer, Syl Arena, and Chris Gampat, ‘Secrets of Great […]
My new book Secrets of Great Portrait Photography: Photographs of the Famous and Infamous drops this week. It’s a book that’s over 30 years in the making, drawing upon the best lessons learned over the last three decades photographing portraits of the rich and famous, it blends lavish celebrity portraits of a coffee table book
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Please join me for a great webinar of my portrait photography tips to give your portraits just the right look and feel. Tune in at on August 29 for a webinar co-sponsored by X-Rite and Sony, where you’ll a sneak preview of my new book Secrets of Great Portrait Photography coming this fall from Peachpit’s
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Brian Smith is profiled in a 7-page cover story in the June 2012 issue of Professional Photographer magazine. ‘Soulful Portraits’ by Lorna Gentry shares Smith’s secrets for taking great portraits from his new book ‘Secrets of Great Portrait Photography’. Gentry also writes about many of Smith’s favorite portrait shoots of celebrities and atheles including Richard
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Brian Smith’s black and white portrait photography of actor William H. Macy photographed for the Be-A-Star anti-bullying campaign in partnership with WWE and The Creative Coalition was named one of the Top 50 Portraits of 2012 in Santa Fe Workshops Portraits Contest. The winning portrait photography will be featured in a book this fall from
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