Dec 5, 2013
This week's show features two interviews from different points of view in the photo industry. This week we catch up with noted portrait photographer Brian Smith about his workflow to capture unique images of some of the most photographed subjects in the world. Then we speak with Bryan O'Neil Hughes to learn about the next generation of digital imaging tools and workflows from Adobe.
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Brian Smith
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Smith is the luckiest guy on the planet. 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, written an Amazon Best Seller, shared cupcakes with Anne Hathaway, gotten drunk with George Clooney and married the most beautiful woman he ever laid eyes on…
For the past 30 years, Brian Smith’s iconic portraits of famous celebrities, athletes and executives have been used in advertising, by corporations and have graced the covers and pages of hundreds of magazines including Sports Illustrated, ESPN the Magazine, Time, Forbes, New York Times Magazine, Elle and British GQ.
Rich and Brian
discuss:
- How would we recognize some of his images?
- Coming up with something fresh for clients.
- The Art & Soul book project.
- How does his creative process work.
- What brought Brian into photography?
- How did Brian get this work to take pictures of these high profile clients?
- How does Brian balance his style with showing diversity for magazines?
- How does Brian balance his style and the perceived public personality of his subject?
- The most important thing about shooting portraits.
- Advice on photographing people.
- What's a pet peeve about other portrait photography?
- Brian's views on retouching.
- What is Brian's role with the make up artist on set?
- Post processing discussion.
- Shooting advice
- Where can we find Brian?
Follow Brian on Twitter — twitter.com/briansmithphoto
Bryan O’Neil Hughes
Bryan O’Neil Hughes is the Senior Product Manager for Adobe® Photoshop® software and a pinch hitter for the Photoshop Lightroom® software team. Since 1999 he has helped to test, drive, demonstrate, and lead development of Adobe’s professional digital imaging applications. Bryan is the Photoshop team’s primary worldwide spokesman and can often be found leading seminars, user groups, and workshops.
Before joining Adobe, he was a professional photographer and retoucher. Beyond Adobe, Hughes is a published photographer, editor, and author. He is also a driving instructor for the BMW Car Club of America. When he isn’t driving very quickly, he enjoys running marathons very slowly. Bryan was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame in 2011.
Melissa and Bryan discuss:
- Who is Bryan?
- What does he do for Adobe?
- What are some of the issues that Adobe has addressed from its users?
- How is Adobe Creative Cloud different from other versions?
- How does feedback directly impact the user experience?
- The behind the scenes and progression of photoshop.
- Some of the latest features of Photoshop for mobile and how's its utilized?
- The future of Creative Cloud?
- Misconceptions of Creative Cloud.
- Where can you go to learn more about Adobe by the Photoshop team?
- Where can you find Bryan?
Check out some of Bryan's classes on Lynda.com. You can also email him here.