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Blogroll
Category Archives: Getty Images
Autumn
Another Fine Shoot…. http://www.zavesmith.com
Posted in advertising, Art, Commercial Photography, Creativity, digital photography, Getty Images, lifestyle photography, Photography.
Tagged hispanic, love, stock
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Image Library
Picture Perfect This is a downloadable primer on how to create a branded image library. This PDF is excerpted from a seminar that I will be giving to the Insurance Marketing & Communications Association on June 25th in Philadelphia. Enjoy, http://www.zavesmith.com
New Work Posted On Our Website
We just added new work to our website: http://www.zavesmith.com Check it out!
Who Knows
Enjoy! Zave Smith http://www.zavesmith.com
A New Short Story
Anger First visual experiment of 2011. Sincerely, Zave Smith http://www.zavesmith.com
Posted in advertising, Art, Commercial Photography, Creativity, digital photography, Getty Images, lifestyle photography, Photography.
Tagged 2011, anger
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Black Hat and Puppy Charm
From Today’s Fun and Games. Sincerely, Zave Smith http://www.zavesmith.com
Posted in advertising, American Dream, Art, Art & Design, autum, childern, children, Commercial Photography, Creativity, digital photography, documentary Photography, Dogs, fall, family, famly, Getty Images, kids at a park, kids having fun, lifestyle photography, love, Photographing Kids, Photography., portraits, stock photography
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Why we are here
Posted in advertising, Art, Commercial Photography, Creativity, digital photography, Getty Images, lifestyle photography, Photography., Seeing
Tagged fun, kids, playgrounds
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The Dressing Room
Posted in advertising, Advertising Week, American Dream, Art, Art & Design, beauty, Commercial Photography, documentary Photography, Getty Images, lifestyle photography, lonely, modeling, Philadelphia, Photography., portraits, rangefinder, Seeing, stock photography, Uncategorized, zave smith
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The Dancer 2
Enjoy! Zave Smith
Posted in advertising, American Dream, Business, childern, comcast, Commercial Photography, corbis, Creativity, digital photography, documentary Photography, famly, Getty Images, lifestyle photography, love, modeling, stock photography, Uncategorized, zave smith
Tagged dance, dancing, ready room
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WTF!
WTF! Sincerely, Zave Smith http://www.zavesmith.com
Posted in advertising, Commercial Photography, digital photography, Getty Images, lifestyle photography, Photography.
Tagged bills, credit cards, loans, payments, WTF
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Dancing in The Streets
From this weeks fun and games: Enjoy! Zave Smith http://www.zavesmith.com
Self Portrait
This could be my self portrait if I was only young and cute. But it is how I am feeling today: Sincerely, Zave Smith http://www.zavesmith.com
Posted in advertising, Art, Commercial Photography, digital photography, Getty Images, lifestyle photography, Photography., Seeing
Tagged autum, fall, fun, playgrounds, youth
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Two Portraits
favorite portraits Continue reading
Posted in advertising, Art, Commercial Photography, Creativity, digital photography, Getty Images, lifestyle photography, Photography.
Tagged Dogs, farm life, kids, portraits
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American Is Waiting
America is waiting. We are hoping that our money supply will outlast the siege in our banking system. We are praying that while we are watching others fall around us, that through brilliance and willpower, “I” will one of the … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, Art, Commercial Photography, Creativity, digital photography, Getty Images, lifestyle photography, Photography., Uncategorized
Tagged economy, recovery
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The Cure
I have been at this for a while. There have been good years and there have been years where sleep came hard for worry. I started my career in 1982, a year with a similar economic climate to this one … Continue reading
An Open Letter to the Leaders of the Stock Photography Industry
The stock photography industry is in trouble and nobody knows how to save it. Currently three market forces are buffeting stock photography. The first force is an oversupply of images. The second is the rise of licensing models that are … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, Art, Commercial Photography, Getty Images, lifestyle photography, Photography.
Tagged Business, corbis, Jupiter Images, stock photography
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Biggest Mistakes
Rencently I was asked, “What were the biggest mistakes that you have made”? It took me all of two seconds to make the following list: 1. Forget to listen to my gut. 2. Forget to listen to my client. 3. … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, Art, Art & Design, childern, Commercial Photography, corbis, Creativity, family, famly, Getty Images, lifestyle photography, Philadelphia, Photographing Kids, Photography., portraits, rangefinder, SAA, Seeing, Stock Artists Alliance, stock photography, zave smith
Tagged ph
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Nova Scotia
Images from a recent trip though Nova Scotia Sincerely, Zave Smith August, 2008 http://www.zavesmith.com
Posted in advertising, Art, Commercial Photography, Creativity, digital photography, Getty Images, lifestyle photography, Photography., Seeing, Uncategorized
Tagged Canada, Nova Scotia, Travel
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Three New Short Stories
Here are three new short stories.
Great Joy
One of the great joys of being a photographer is the opportunity to work with really talented people. For me this starts with my crew. Deborah Holljes, Kelsey Tome, Keri Souser and Steve Boyle all bring their unique talents, hard … Continue reading
Being The President
all photos on this blog are copyrighted by Zave Smith. While the studio’s income is two-thirds commercial assignment and one-third stock a few years ago I became involved in the Stock Artists Alliance (SAA). These involvements lead to me … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, Art, Art & Design, board, Commercial Photography, corbis, Creativity, digital photography, Getty Images, Jupiter Images, Leadership, lifestyle photography, non profits, Philadelphia, portraits, SAA, Seeing, Stock Artists Alliance, Uncategorized, Volunteering, Volunteers, zave smith
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On The Corner of Lafayette, State of Louisiana….
Two weeks ago, on a rainy and cold December day in Philadelphia, I received a call from Glenda McKinley English of GMC Advertising, asking if I could come to Louisiana for a six-day photo shoot the next … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, African American, Art, Art & Design, beauty, Church, Commercial Photography, corbis, Creativity, digital photography, documentary Photography, Getty Images, Heritage Trail, History, Jupiter Images, lifestyle photography, Louisiana, New Orleans, Plantations, Prayer, Religon, Slavery, stock photography, Tourism, Travel, Uncategorized, zave smith
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Twenty Kids, One Photographer
All images on this blog are copyrighted by Zave Smith. Do not use, copy, borrow or otherwise download. We will pursue any and all copyright violations We are used to pulling rabbits out of hats, it is what … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, African American, Art, Art & Design, Commercial Photography, corbis, Creativity, digital photography, documentary Photography, Getty Images, http://blog.melchersystem.com/about/, Jill Greenberg, Jupiter Images, Jupiter Media, kids at a park, kids having fun, lifestyle photography, modeling, Photographing Kids, Photography., portraits, Seeing, Uncategorized
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The Best Chef
©2007-Zave Smith Photography There are times when it requires large team to put together a shot. Many of the commercial jobs that we produce can require: A producer, clothing stylist, set stylist, hair and make up stylists, models, props, locations, … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, Art, Blogroll, Commercial Photography, corbis, Creativity, digital photography, Getty Images, Jill Greenberg, Jupiter Images, Jupiter Media, lifestyle photography, Micro Stock, modeling, paul melcher, Philadelphia, Photographing Kids, Photography., Ron Chapple, Seeing, stock photography, Uncategorized
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Philadelphia:
©2007-Zave Smith Photography Today’s fun. Thank you to all who helped.
Posted in advertising, Art, Blogroll, Commercial Photography, corbis, Creativity, digital photography, Getty Images, http://blog.melchersystem.com/about/, Jill Greenberg, Jupiter Images, Jupiter Media, lifestyle photography, Miami, modeling, paul melcher, Philadelphia, Photography., Ron Chapple, Seeing, stock photography, Uncategorized
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Just Before I Discovered Girls
©2007-Zave Smith Photography Just before I discovered Girls, I was really into shortwave radio. What made shortwave fun was listening to radio stations from countries that you did not even know where countries, like Radio Windward Island. True shortwave people … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, Art, Blogroll, Commercial Photography, corbis, Creativity, digital photography, Getty Images, http://blog.melchersystem.com/about/, Jill Greenberg, Jupiter Images, Jupiter Media, lifestyle photography, Philadelphia, Photography., Ron Chapple, Seeing, stock photography, Uncategorized
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Miami
©2007-Zave Smith Photography Like most stock photographers, I am not a meeting guy. The idea of sitting around a conference table is enough to make me call up my dentist for an appointment. So it was with a bit of … Continue reading
Getty Buys the Church
©2007-Zave Smith Photography Getty Images announced this afternoon that they are making an offer for the Catholic Church. Church officials in Rome confirmed that they are in talks with Getty, “with all the lawsuits and such we need to maximize … Continue reading
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