I recently photographed one of the most famous people in Japan for a series of beauty images. Today, the images are all over Japanese TV, Instagram, Yahoo news, LINE news, and other media outlets.
While most people outside of Japan may not know Becky, many have made comments on her remarkable beauty comparing her look to a young Isabella Rossellini.
All I know is that I enjoyed working with Becky and her sister and can't wait to do it again!
Becky photographed by Matthew Jordan Smith
Today I'm in New York sharing photo lighting tips on CreativeLIVE After an amazing celebrity shoot in Los Angeles on this past Monday, I'm super excited to share lighting tips today, so make sure to tune in. I go live at 2:30 EST today.
Always dream big!
Today I am proud and honored to have one of my images included in the Smithsonian National African American Museum of History and Culture.
Photographed by Matthew Jordan Smith
Top 10 things to know about the Grand Opening weekend:
More information about the museum opening:http://nmaahc.si.edu/visit/opening
Wow! After such an amazing international response to last week's photography success webinar, we are doing it again.This time at start times for Asia and Europe.
LIVE WEBINAR:
3 Essential Skills Required To Become A Successful Photographer
WEBINAR #1
REGISTRATION LINK: http://bit.ly/2cuKSJu
TIMES
Tokyo: 10:00 a.m. (Tuesday, September 13th)
Los Angeles 6:00 p.m. PST (Monday, September 12th)
New York: 9:00 p.m. EST (Monday, September 12th)
WEBINAR #2:
REGISTRATION LINK: http://bit.ly/2cDAdJu
Tokyo: 17:00 (Tuesday, September 13th)
Paris: 10:00 a.m. (Tuesday, September 13th)
London: 9:00 a.m (Tuesday, September 13th)
South Africa: 10:00 a.m. (Tuesday, September 13th)
India: 1:30 p.m. (September 13th)
I freaking love photography...
Read MoreThese days I can't seem to get away from the computer so anything that can help shortcut my computer time is my friend.
This weekend I shot about 1900 image and I would usually dread the process of retouching images but since I started using Perfectly Clear my time is cut down drastically. Today the software goes on sale so you can save money and time. A no-brainer in my opinion.
If you haven't enrolled in the new course, Photography Lighting Course, today is the last chance. Enrollment ends at midnight tonight, PST.
I look forward to seeing you inside the course!
I hope you all had a great weekend, and if you're in America, I hope you had a great Memorial Day holiday.
Last week, I released the first two parts of a free three-part photography training series and today I'm releasing the third video in the series. FREE TRAINING PART III
I've received a lot of great comments via the video page, twitter, Instagram and even instant message and email. One photographer asked me a question about only using natural light. He only uses natural light and wanted to know why I list this as a rookie mistake. I think this question is important for many of us today so I made a short video to explain more.
Always dream big,
Matthew
On Tuesday, we released the first FREE training video of a 3-part photography training series. At the time of this writing, almost 500 people have watched video # 1 and we hope the video reaches more as the week goes on.
Today, we are releasing training video # 2 and hope to help photographers by sharing some of the mistakes I made at the start of my career. To watch both training sessions you need to sign up for the series. AS soon as you sign up you get instant access to the series.
Always dream big,
Matthew
You've probably heard the phrase, "Today is the first day of the rest of your life," but today really could be a turning point in your photography.
Today is the first day of a FREE training series designed to help photographer learn more about different aspects of photography. The series consists of three training sessions that will be released over the next ten days.
To join the FREE TRAINING SERIES you must sign up by clicking HERE. Once you sign up you get INSTANT ACCESS to the first training session. There are three training sessions total with the other sessions being released between now and next Tuesday.
I hope you like the training and if you do please spread the word.
Always dream big!
I'm just back from teaching at the Mars School of Photography for a week and it was an awesome experience. I had amazing students and share the joy of photography through a course on portrait lighting.
At the end of the class, I shared my top three must-read books that every photographer needs to read and this morning, I'm sharing them with you.
1. How To Win Friends And Influence People
I also shared a lot about personal projects and spoke about how I made my first and current books come to life.
1st book: Sepia Dreams
Current book: Future American President
It was an intense journey, but it's finally complete. I've been absent from the blog, podcast and other segments of my social presence for the last month in order to complete a big project.
Working on any large personal or business project requires focus, and at times, you must devote all of your attention to a project in order to complete it. I'm happy to say my seven-month project is now complete and I'll be launching it publicly in the next week. We are still testing to make sure all the bugs are worked out and once the testing phase is done I'll share on all my social media channels.
Thanks and always dream big!
I am proud to announce I have been selected as a Nikon Ambassador!
http://www.nikonusa.com/en/learn-and-explore/nikon-ambassadors/index.page
#NikonAmbassador #NikonLove #Nikonnofilter
What an insane week this has been. After speaking nine times in three days during the WPPI photo convention, I had to make time to do what I love best and take pictures. I used my Nikon 810 camera with a 35mm lens to create this shot early one morning, then went back to the convention and spoke on the Nikon stage, Profoto stage and for Perfectly Clear. It was great to be around so many photographers and this week's podcast shares why it's important to attend.
Link to podcast: Click here
Oh, by the way, Sunday is the last day to get the new photography lighting course at the pre-sale price. The pre-sale ends Sunday at midnight PST.
Link to pre-orders of Photography Lighting Course CLICK HERE.
What are you waiting for? It's time to take the leap of faith and do the thing you've been afraid to do. You only get the fruit when you go out on a limb.
P.S. The pre-sale will end this week for Photography Lighting Course and the pre-sale price will vanish with it forever.
Always dream big!
In my rush to the airport, yesterday's blog went up without setting the number of presale orders. As soon as I landed I found emails from some saying they couldn't order. The problem has now been fixed and we've set the number of pre-orders to a limit that should last the next 10 days.
I am so happy today! After four months of round-the-clock work filled with many 18+ hour days, we have finally completed the intensive photographic lighting course. This course is a MONSTER course and will teach you more than you could learn in four years of school majoring in photography. The goal of this digital course is simple: Teach everything I know about photographic lighting.
Now that the course is complete, we still have a little bit of tweaking and prep work to do but the heavy lifting is done!! We hope to launch in the next seven days.
To celebrate, we are putting the course up for the pre-sale at the price $397.00, this price is $100 off the actual price of the course and will never be seen again once the course is live. This price will only be shared with my readers and podcast audience and again It will never be sold lower than the $497 again.
The lighting course is 6 modules long, and each module has three incredible lessons. This baby is JAM-PACKED with everything you've ever wanted to know about photographic lighting, including how to work with light meters, power packs, light modifiers and much, much more. . To be the first to get your copy order today by going to the following lin: PREORDER
I am so happy today! After four months of round-the-clock work filled with many 18+ hour days, we have finally completed the intensive photographic lighting course. This course is a MONSTER course and will teach you more than you could learn in four years of school majoring in photography. The goal of this digital course is simple: Teach everything I know about photographic lighting.
Now that the course is complete, we still have a little bit of tweaking and prep work to do but the heavy lifting is done!! We hope to launch in the next seven days.
To celebrate, we are putting the course up for the pre-sale at the price $397.00, this price is $100 off the actual price of the course and will never be seen again once the course is live. This price will only be shared with my readers and podcast audience and again It will never be sold lower than the $497 again.
The lighting course is 6 modules long, and each module has three incredible lessons. This baby is JAM-PACKED with everything you've ever wanted to know about photographic lighting, including how to work with light meters, power packs, light modifiers and much, much more. . To be the first to get your copy order today by going to the following lin: PREORDER
The new face of Cover Girl cosmetic is none other than the very talented Zendaya. I enjoyed watching her first commercial last night during the Grammy's and look forward to seeing more very soon.
Wow, I can't believe it's been a year since the Future American President book was first released with a foreword by Zendaya. To celebrate, we are releasing the eBook with two amazing bonuses. The first bonus is "5 secrets for taking great pictures of children" and the 2nd bonus, and this one is REALLY special, is a complete behind-the-scenes pdf of the making of Future American President. To make it ever better, it features behind the scenes images of the shoot with Zendaya as well.
The eBook with the bonuses is only available until midnight at the introductory price of $15! After midnight the price will increase to $20, so get your copy today!
Order online at FUTURE AMERICAN PRESIDENT
Oh, and by the way, tonight during the Grammy's Cover Girl will announce their new face who is none other than our amazing ZENDAYA!
Happy Presidents' Day!
Always dream big
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