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Bruce Smith posted a status"How it was lit
available light through a sky light behind the model sunbounce silver gold zebra reflector, to the left infront of the mode"
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It was lit with available light, using light coming in through a sky light in the hall behind the model and bouncing light using california sunbounce silver and gold zebra reflector, to the left and infront of the model low…"
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HIS FASHION IMAGES TAKEN OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS - The Bruce Smith Photography Academy http://www.brucesmithphotographer.com/ACADEMY/HOME.html MY WORK http://...
Bruce Smith posted a status"My next column article for Photo Professional magazine for the March edition. Its about compsite images in fashion..."
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- About Me and My Photography Experience:
- He began his 30-year career by getting fired as a photo assistant after two years of brewing tea, sweeping the studio floors and fetching equipment for several studio photographers. He decided to go solo and set up my own photo studio, specializing in shooting models’ portfolios, portraits and the occasional fashion shoot.
He was inspired by the photographers from the ‘30s to the ‘60s, including Cecil Beaton, Norman Parkinson, David Baily, Barry Lategan, John F French, Horst P Horst, William Klein, Irving Penn, Richard Avendon, George Hoyningen-Huene, and many more.
His first big break in fashion photography came while setting up a test shoot with a model, he arranged to borrow some Fifties’ style gowns from a top fashion designer that sold her clothes through exclusive stores such as Harrods in London. This test shoot became a commission, and the pictures that he produced were published in Avante Guard, one of the UKs leading fashion magazines, at the time.
He switched to shooting just fashion and set off to London in the early Eighties. Confident and adventurous he was on the ladder to establishing myself as a freelance fashion shooter. The next few years were spent developing his own style and reputation, test shoots with models and endless appointments with fashion editors, art directors, designers and potential clients.
He mailed samples of my work to the couture and bridal wear designers, and was picked up by Catherine Raynor - a leading UK bridal wear couture designer who had previously worked with some of the world’s most prestigious photographers including Norman Parkinson, Terrance Donavan and John Swanell. Raynor commissioned me to shoot her next collection. Her status within the bridal wear industry, and the success of the images that I had produced for her, created a chain reaction with a queue of top bridal wear and couture designers clambering at my studio door to shoot their collections.
The next major step came with a commission from a leading UK bridal wear consumer magazine to shoot two editorial stories for them on location in Tobago. This led to many years of shooting high fashion for some of the top designers, and manufacturers of couture and bridal wear., including Catherine Raynor, Margaret Lee Lyn Ashworth, Eleni Costi plus many other top names in couture and designer bridal wear.
Inspired by some of my classic fashion images, an art director from top London design consultancies asked him to present his portfolio to them, with the view to shooting an image brochure for a leading lingerie company in the UK. This began a long list of lingerie and hosiery and swimwear clients commissioning him to shoot their collections including, Charnos, Lapel, Silhouette, MissKini, Panache, etc etc
He has shot many ad campaigns, image brochures and catalogues, producing fashion shoots in some of the world most beautiful and exotic locations from Alaska to Kenya. Shooting on location, with all of its challenges, taught him to shoot fast with available light. He receives commissions to arrange complete production for major fashion shoots, including the sourcing of the production teams, location managers, catering, location transport, even helicopters and arctic supply vessels.
In the late 90s he began shooting in digital. There are so many benefits, its speed of production for press and post-production regarding retouching, etc, which is now in his own hands, ensuring his images get reproduced how he envisage them to be.
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Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 12:46am on January 5, 2012,
Fiat Frost said… Hi Bruce. Thank you for accepting friend request. Your work is awesome.
- At 3:02pm on January 3, 2012,
Chris Keddy said… you do great work!
- At 7:40am on August 16, 2009,
Earl E. Gibson said… - Hello Bruce and Welcome to PictureSocial. Hope you find it an enjoyable place that you can learn and maybe teach others.
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