Omar Z Robles is an Official Fujifilm X-Photographer based in NYC. His interest in storytelling began with one man: Marcel Marceau. The legendary mime actor taught him how to interpret the world through subtle but riveting movements. Those movements that he acquired as a student in Paris, he employs today in his photo series of ballet dancers.
Read MoreWait For It: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex talks about the importance of waiting for something to happen when photographing a street scene. He impresses why it can make the difference between a snapshot and a great street photograph.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #370 - Donna Ferrato
Donna Ferrato is an internationally-known documentary photographer. Her gifts for exploration, illumination, and documentation coupled with a commitment to revealing the darker sides of humanity, have made her a giant in the medium. She has four books including Living with the Enemy which sold over 40,000 copies, and Love & Lust, published by Aperture.
Read MoreDrawing Inspiration: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex talks about how he draws inspiration from the thousands of images submitted to the TCF Flickr pool. He share how some of these images challenges the way he sees and photographs out on the street.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #369 - Lisa Krantz
Lisa Krantz grew up in Tallahassee, FL but has called San Antonio home since 2004. Before the Express-News, she was a staff photographer at the Naples Daily News in south Florida for five years. She has a B.S. in Psychology from Florida State University and a M.A. in Photography from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. She loves running and eating vegetarian food, but not at the same time
Read MoreMoving Beyond Cliche: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex discusses how to go beyond the frequent cliche of photographer a walking subject against a backdrop, a storefront or a mural. He observes how using line, light, shadow and form can help a photographer move beyond cliche to create a unique vision of a street scene.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #368 - Benjamin Von Wong
Motivated by the desire to be creatively challenged and overcome impossibilities, Benjamin Von Wong has become notorious for his epic photography. His hyper-realistic art style captures viewers in a fusion of special effects and innovative concepts. Benjamin's background in engineering gives him a unique edge for creative problem solving, where technical challenges become friendly competition.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #367 - Bryan Shih
Bryan Shih is a photojournalist and former contributor to the Financial Times and National Public Radio in Japan. He has a masters degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and was a Fulbright Scholar in Japan. His work on the Black Panthers led to his selection for the New York Times inaugural portfolio review in 2013 and garnered one of the highest rankings among entries in the LensCulture 2015 Portrait Awards competition.
Read MoreLocation. Location. Location: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex discusses the importance of choosing locations where people are interacting with each other. Rather than simply looking for a location with a lot of foot traffic, he suggests finding places such as fairs, festival, boardwalks where people are actively doing something. This increases the potential for photographs that are visually dynamic and interesting.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #366 - Lucia Griggi
Born, raised and educated in England – with frequent visits to her father's home of Venice, Italy – Lucia Griggi moved to California in 2010. With her roots in the surfing, skateboarding and outdoor adventure world, Lucia focuses on lifestyle and adventure for editorial and advertising clients.
Read MoreCutting Off Heads: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex discusses obscuring a subject’s face or facial details by using shadows or framing. He explains how it’s possible to create a photographs that still expresses something of the subject’s personality and persona with gesture and other visual details.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #365 - Scott Strazzante
Scott Strazzante (born March 11, 1964) is a U.S. photojournalist at the San Francisco Chronicle. As a member of the Chicago Tribune staff, co-won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for a series about faulty government regulation of dangerously defective toys, cribs and car seats.
Read MoreFinding Inspiration: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex talks about finding inspiration from the photographers that submit images to the TCF Flickr pool. He discusses how he gains insight into his own photographic process and challenges himself to see and photograph differently.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #364 - George Nobechi
George Nobechi is a Tokyo-born, Japanese/Canadian photographer. He graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in History/International Relations, which has fostered an interest in life in different regions of the world. When he was 19 his father suddenly passed away, changing the course of his life and informing his future work; he left Vancouver and supported himself and his family with a 14-year career in the business world in Tokyo and New York. In 2008 he embarked on a solo journey around the world through 14 countries on six continents; his quest was to find peace with the death of his father. It was at this time that his interest in photography began.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #363 - Jamie MacDonald
Jamie MacDonald is a nature and stock photographer and social influencer living in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. A husband and the father of two boys who are widely featured in his work, he describes his love of photography as one that is “rooted in the desire to move people to see the world around them in new ways.”
Read MoreHigh Contrast Scenes: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex talks about photographing a high contrast scene, where there are strong highlight and shadows, but few or no middle tones. He discusses the importance of metering and creating a well-balanced composition when including a lot of negative space.
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