Joey Lawrence Shows Us How He Spent Our Money

Joey Lawrence is quickly becoming one of Canada's better exports with a career that started when he was 18 and now he's shooting posters for Twilight, the Jonas Brothers and Fiddy Cent. He made a ton of dough with a $300 video seminar that isn't available anymore which exploited his self taught Photoshop techniques that have landed him a fairly intense and exciting career so far... But I keep scratching my head... I mean, didn't Dave Hill do it first?

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"josie milk" by Terry Richardson

When we're putting together concepts or even when we're shooting from the hip, there are certain touchstones that Reeves and I are always grabbing onto. Our success has come from our mutual admiration as well as deconstruction of today's top artists. We are never keeping secrets and are supportive of our competition not out of face-saving scheming, but out of love for the craft. In today's paparazzi and point and shoot society, its easy to forget that there is incredible work being done on a daily basis. I just wanted to share some of our recent influences and hope you get something out of it....Besides Reeves and I, there are a few other tag team photography firms like Nick and Chloe out of Paris who did this incredible shot of Kanye surrounded by his iconography....

and the always fabulous Markus Klinko & Indrani who think outside of the box as much as they push mainstream material... The reason I am reevaluating these portfolios is because we just bought a fellow photographer's tutorial to get a new look on some old works. As they say, "its all been done before!". And for the most part it rings true. But the exception is guys like Dave Hill and the 19 year old Wunderkid Joey Lawerence (whose sloppy tutorial has already made me rethink everything I do) who cross the line between illustration and photography with incredible results. The first example is Dave Hill, the second is Joey Lawerence. Brilliant, Right? Its the constant learning that makes photography such a fantastic job. There are millions of ways to reinvent the wheel and give the homage that the artists deserve. I was going to review Joey Lawerence's (Not of Blossom fame, mind you) video tutorials but feel that there's no reason to criticize a guy for sharing his inner workings, albeit for a steep $300.