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              Matthew Jordan Smith Diagrams Lighting Of Tyra Banks

              Many of you have probably seen this beautiful portrait of Tyra Banks before. In this video Matthew Jordan Smith takes us through the details of his lighting and gives us a reality check on the nature of fashion and beauty photography.


              December 3, 2010
              Lee Morris
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              • http://flickr.com/tianxiaozhang Tian

                Thanks for the video.. however the second clip’s deleted.

              • http://www.rlmorrisweddings.com Lee

                Woops, maybe Profoto meant to release that video in a few weeks.

              • xaltair

                I like him, he seems very down to earth and really understood why he took the photo and had fun doing it. A lot more industry pro’s should act like that instead of having huge egos just because their work is published in the industry.

              • http://www.wix.com/dannymen88/my-portfolio Danny Mendoza

                lol this made me 100% sure im getting a back drop today and then begins the fun, and a strobe, idk about getting a ring flash though, ill see down the line
                And nice job Lee lol

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