James Maher runs a fine-art business, a portrait photography business works with companies and people around New York, and has a photography workshop business, helping photographers from all over the world capture the best of New York.
Read MoreStreet Portraits: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex talk about the art of the street portrait. He explains why it’s just as important to consider not only the subject, but all the other elements in the frame to succeed in making a great photograph.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #361 - Ave Pildas
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ave Pildas worked early in his career as a photo stringer for Downbeat Magazine in the Ohio Valley and Pennsylvania in the 1960's, and has been a successful photographer and educator for the past 40 years.
Read MoreShooting Into the Light: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week’s video, Ibarionex discusses the considerations that a photographer makes when shooting into the sun. He explains the different kinds of images that can be produced when a scene is severely backlit and what camera controls are necessary for achieving the best results.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #360 - Jamie Rose
Jamie Rose is co-founder of Momenta Group LLC, which operates Momenta Workshops and Momenta Creative. She has worked as an international photojournalist on five continents and has been a contract photographer and communication strategist with some of the world’s largest nonprofit organizations.
Read MoreVisual Anchor: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week’s video, Ibarionex discusses the importance of a visual anchor, an element in the composition that leads the viewer’s eye to a starting point for examining the frame.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #359 - Kevin Weinstein
Kevin Weinstein combines the worlds of photojournalism and artistic photography to capture memories, moods, split-second moments, and momentous events.
He’s been doing it since the darkroom ages. The instructions he was taught back then for developing photos has stuck with him: “If it is too light, add time; if it is too dark, take away time.” But in the years since, as film gave way to digital, Kevin has learned that time cannot be added or subtracted—only seized or lost. His art as a documentarian, storyteller and photographer is all about seizing the moment, and the meaning within that moment.
Read MoreOdd Little Things: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week’s video, Ibarionex discusses how odd things we may encounter when out in the world provide opportunities for great photographs...if you are paying attention.
Each week, we pull images submitted by listeners to The Candid Frame Flickr pool. You can submit images for consideration in these weekly videos as well as become part of a growing community of photographers.
The Candid Frame #358 - Ursula Tocik
Ursula Tocik is natural light portrait photographer based in Helderkruin Hill, Johannesburg, South Africa. She has been a professional photographer since 2008, starting out in the wedding industry, however a health crisis led her to a career as a studio-based portrait photographer.
After surviving a severe stroke in 2012, which made wedding photography physically impossible she left the wedding industry and began a career in portrait photography where she specializes in boudoir, maternity, couples, glamour and corporate headshots.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #357 - Kawai Matthews
Kawai Matthews is an internationally published and award-winning photographer specializing in portraiture for editorial, entertainment marketing & advertising. Her ability to capture the depth of a subject, while delivering quality, awe-inspiring imagery is uncanny and unmatched. Shooting unforgettable moments of flair, confidence, substance and honesty in her subjects, her heavyweight portfolio includes some of today’s most celebrated entertainers.
Read MoreTCF Photo Chat: Bruce Smith & the Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8
This is part of our continuing series of Photo Chats with photographers where we discuss specific camera features, lenses or camera accessories, but within the context of how it makes a difference in real-world photography.
In this segment, we sit down with fashion and glamour photographer Bruce Smith to discuss how the AF Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 lens makes a difference in his commercial and personal work.
Read MoreReally Seeing Color: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week’s video, Ibarionex discusses how to move from just photographing in color to actually seeing color and using it to improve a composition.
Each week, we pull images submitted by listeners to The Candid Frame Flickr pool. You can submit images for consideration in these weekly videos as well as become part of a growing community of photographers.
The Candid Frame #356 - Ali LeRoi
Ali LeRoi is a photographer as well as the Emmy Award-winning co-creator/executive producer/writer of the critically acclaimed comedy “Everybody Hates Chris,” a series inspired by the childhood experiences of comedian Chris Rock. He is a Golden Globe nominee, a 2007 NAACP Image Award winner for best writer in a comedy series, as well as a winner of the 2007 AFI TV Program of the Year Award.
Read MoreTCF Photo Chat: Bill Wadman & the Pentax 645Z
We sit down with editorial portrait photographer Bill Wadman about how the sensor of his Pentax 645z is making a difference in his photography. Bill transition from a professional DSLRs to the medium-format digital camera for his editorial and commercial portrait work.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #355 - Dotan Saguy
Dotan Saguy was born in a small kibbutz five miles south of Israel’s Lebanese border. He grew-up in a diverse working class Parisian suburb, lived in Lower Manhattan during 9/11 and moved to Los Angeles in 2003.
In 2015 Dotan decided to focus on his lifelong passion for photography after a successful career as a high-tech entrepreneur.
Read MoreTCF Photo Chat: C.C. Chapman on Choosing a Camera System
We sit down with C.C. Chapman to discuss the considerations of choosing to invest in a new camera system. Ibarionex and CC discuss the various considerations that go into whether or not to buy into a new system and what features and designs are important in order to make the right choice.
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