Net Portfolio | Member Profile for Bruce Smith

Bruce Smith

#9178 bruce smith © Artistic Nude Credits: None	#7943 brucesmithphoto © Fashion Credits: None	#7945 Bruce Smith © Fashion Credits: None	#7944 brucesmithphoto © Swimwear Credits: None
#7946 Bruce Smith © Lingerie Credits: None	#7951 Bruce Smith © Swimwear Credits: None	#7972 Bruce Smith © Fashion Credits: None	#9162 bruce smith © Fashion Credits: None
#9180 Bruce Smith © Editorial Credits: None	#12062 bruce smith © Fashion Credits: None	#12063 Bruce Smith © Fashion Credits: None	#12064 Bruce Smith © Fashion Credits: None
#12065 Bruce Smith © Fashion Credits: None

Recent Posted Castings

19/11/2010 Fine art figure models in North West

02/08/2009 Fine art nude model/muse for ongoing project......

29/07/2009 Nude models needed to complete a project

30/03/2009 Fashion models needed for nxt Mon Tue Wed Thur

13/02/2009 liverpool fashionweek need catwalk models

Areas of Interest

Fashion	Catalogue	Body parts
Fitness	Editorial	Sheer/See-Through
Swimwear	Advertising	Artistic Nudes
Lingerie

Compensation Accepted

Negotiable

Account Type	Photographer
Member	Bruce Smith
Location	Liverpool,Merseyside,UK
Experience	Professional
Age	55
Will Travel
Member since	09/12/2008 21:11:47
Last Login	10/08/2011 12:41:40
Website	http://prodigitalfashion.blogspot.com/
Quick Link	http://www.net-portfolio.co.uk/Bruce Smith
Member Notes
I 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. My first big break in fashion photography came while setting up a test shoot with a model, I 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 I produced were published in Avante Guard, one of the UKs leading fashion magazines, at the time. I switched to shooting just fashion and set off to London in the early Eighties. Confident and adventurous I was on the ladder to establishing myself as a freelance fashion shooter. The next few years were spent developing my own style and reputation, test shoots with models and endless appointments with fashion editors, art directors, designers and potential clients. I 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., as well as Catherine Raynor plus Margaret Lee Lyn Ashworth, Eleni Costi plus many other top names in couture an