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Bruce Dorn

Bruce Dorn has been involved in the visual arts thirty-five years.

Bruce’s photographic career began in 1973 when Conde Nast publishing named him as a Guest Art Director of Mademoiselle Magazine. After opening a studio on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, Bruce immediately began to shoot photo essays for a variety of fashion, business, and news magazines. He soon expanded his services to include both Annual Report and Advertising photography.

In 1976, Bruce was offered a position as a lecturer at the Fine Art campus of Indiana and Purdue University in Indianapolis where he taught all levels of Design and Photography. In 1980, Bruce moved to Phoenix, Arizona where he opened Studio B, a boutique studio specializing in advertising and visual problem solving. In 1983, an opportunity arose to act as the Director of Photography for series of thirty-second television commercials that took Bruce to the finals of the Clio Awards competition. One of the other finalists in the same category was the Hollywood visual effects powerhouse, Robert Able and Associates. Shortly after the competition, Robert Able interviewed Bruce and offered him the position of Creative Director at RAA.

After relocating to Hollywood, Bruce conceptualized and directed hundreds of national and international television commercials for RAA. In the process, Bruce was inducted into the Directors Guild of America and won numerous industry awards. These include multiple Art Directors Club Awards, Clios, Mobius Awards, and a Bronze Lion from the Cannes Commercial Film Festival.

In 1989 Bruce opened Bruce Dorn Films, a commercial production company specializing in both analogue and digital effects. As a director/cameraman, Bruce specialized in high-risk cinematography. His expertise in motorsport, underwater, and helicopter work was in constant demand until he retired from Hollywood in 2001.

Bruce currently lives in Prescott, Arizona where he and his wife - internationally-recognized digital painter Maura Dutra - operate iDC Photography, a Visual Arts studio. Bruce travels extensively as he serves his commercial clientele, guides digital safaris, and lectures on lighting, photography, and digital film-making technique. Bruce is a Canon Explorer of Light, a Canon Print Master, and a Corel Painter Master. He is also an unrepentant gadgeteer and enjoys inventing all manner of nifty gizmos in his Little Shop of Wonders…


Thursday, March 26, 2009

New Gadgets for Speedlite Junkies!

Caution: Use of these products may be habit-forming!

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With airline baggage restrictions growing tighter by the day, I’ve found myself with some tough choices when packing for “On Location” jobs.  Oh sure, I’d love to drag along my beautiful Bron studio packs and heads but the cost of excessive baggage has become, well, excessive…
 
I needed a more compact solution and have turned to speedlites for most of my smaller jobs.  I’m sure I’m not the only one doing so because interest in good, solid speedlite work is the topic of much conversation everywhere I go.  Whenever I do a demonstration shoot for Canon at one of the big photo trade shows I’m overwhelmed by the interest in speedlites; especially when they’re applied with some sort of capable light modifiers…

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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Tigers Everywhere!

Behind the Scenes with Extreme Make-Over, Home Edition

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Here in the States we have an Emmy-winning reality show called “Extreme Make-Over, Home Edition.”  It airs on Sunday nights on the ABC network.  The show’s premise revolves around a team of volunteer home builders, craftsmen, and designers coming to the aid of a worthy but down-on-their-luck family.  In each episode, the selected family receives a surprise door-knock at 7:00am on a Saturday morning.  After reacting with justifiable glee, the family is herded into a limo and promptly packed off for a week-long vacation.  While the family is away, a vast army of local volunteers joins the substantial EMHE production team to remodel or rebuild the family’s home before they return the following Saturday

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Photographers taking up video thanks to new DSLRs?

Matt Jeppsen | 03/29- 12:56 PM

Stu Maschwitz says “No.”

Analysis of laptop display performance for photographers

Matt Jeppsen | 03/23- 02:27 PM

Taking a look at color accuracy and wide angle viewing

Metadata Showdown - Photo Mechanic vs Lightroom

Matt Jeppsen | 03/23- 02:18 PM

Metadata cage match! Two enter, one emerges victorious!





Photographers taking up video thanks to new DSLRs?

Matt Jeppsen | 03/29- 12:56 PM

Stu Maschwitz says “No.”

Over at ProLost, Stu Maschwitz has written a great post on the topic of photographers suddenly taking up video due to the new video-enabled DSLR cameras from Canon and Nikon. His answer? No, they won’t. Read on…

Analysis of laptop display performance for photographers

Matt Jeppsen | 03/23- 02:27 PM

Taking a look at color accuracy and wide angle viewing

Rob Galbraith has a great article that looks at color accuracy and performance of popular laptop displays. They break down a handful of popular Mac and PC laptops in two main categories of performance, accurate color rendition and angle of view. A good look at an important topic that we should all be aware of.

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