The Candid Frame #137 - Qiana Mestrich

Qiana Mestrich is a photographer and the creator of the popular Dodge and Burn blog, a site dedicated to work of photographers of color. Since she fell in love with photography at the age of 16, photography has been her obsession. Her professional career has involved her help other professionals to use social networking as a marketing tool, but it's her love for photography and the work on her blog that has helped to inspire her to return to school at earn her master's degree in photography at the International School of Photography in New York, where she is working to develop her own distinct photographic vision.

You can discover more about Qiana and her work by visiting her website and the Dodge and Burn blog

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The Candid Frame #135 - Ophelia Chong


Ophelia Chong is an accomplished illustrator. A graduate of the Art Center College of Design, she has worked exclusively for Raygun Magazine and David Carson. As a creative director of The Workbook, she garnered five design awards for print by hiring talent and challenging them with a limited budget, but offering them an open field to create. She is represented by W+S+W/NYC for her illustration which has been in over six gallery shows and been published worldwide.

She is a savvy user of social networking from flickr, Twitter and Facebook and has used these as important tools for marketing her work and creating professional opportunities for herself and others. You can discover more about her and her work by visiting her website and her flickr account.

Ophelia Chong recommends the work of Desiree Delron.

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