Nik Software Webinar this Friday w/ Ibarionex

I will be doing a webinar this Friday on my use of Nik Software's Viveza II and Silver Efex Pro II. Spaces are limited. You check register for the event by clicking here. 

Professional Photographer, host, producer and writer, Ibarionex Perello, will share how to fine-tune the look of color and black and white images by the process of selective editing to control the visual experience of a photograph. He will be demonstrating Viveza 2 and Silver Efex Pro 2 in Lightroom. Ibarionex is a photographer, writer, educator and the host of The Candid Frame photography podcast. He has over twenty years of experience in the photographic industry and his photographs and articles have appeared in Digital Photo Pro, Rangefinder, Shutterbug, Outdoor Photographer and Scott Kelby's Light It magazines. He is the author of several books and an adjunct professor at the Art Center College of Design. He also teaches online photography courses at BetterPhoto.com. (www.thecandidframe) 

New Year! New Podcast! New Format! Focus Ring is Back!

The Candid Frame Photography podcast is a member is The Photocast Network, a loose confederation of podcasts both in English, Spanish and German, all on the topic of photography. It's a great resource for some interesting and engaging shows on our favorite pastime.

We even have our own podcast, but the production of this had been pretty infrequent. So, now I've brought it back with a new format and a new idea.

Four photographers join the conversation with two of their own images to discuss a single topic. I think it will provide an opportunity to turn the conversation from equipment and software, to....wait for it...photographs. What a concept!

The first episode focus on "Shadow and Light" and brings together Jeff Curto (History of Photography & Lens Position), Chris Marquardt (Tips from the Top Floor), Martin Bailey and myself, Ibarionex Perello (The Candid Frame). If we get a good response to the show and format, I intend to continue producing the program once a month. Let me know what you think.

Click here to go to the Photocast Network website where you'll find a link to the episode.

The Candid Frame #63 - Jim Miotke

Jim Miotke is the President and Founder of BetterPhoto.com and author of several photographic books including his latest, The Better Photo Guide to Photographing Children.

Before developing Better Photo, on online photography school, Jim ran a photography business in California and Washington that specialized in weddings and portraiture. He now primarily shoots stock photography (and several of his images can be found on Adobe's Photoshop CD-ROMs). His articles on photography have been featured in magazines, newspapers, and online sites. You can discover more about his work by visiting his website.

Jim Miotke recomends the work of Art Wolfe.

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