In this week's video, Ibarionex discusses the importance of the moment, that special flourish that can transform a mundane scene into something extraordinary.
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Dynamic Silhouettes: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex discusses how to create more dynamic and interesting silhouettes by paying careful attention to the background. By observing the stage onto which the person move into, you can create more pleasing compositions that are strong graphically.
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Photo: Stefano Lista
Paying Attention: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex discusses the importance of paying attention. Using images submitted to the TCF Flickr pool, he demonstrates how paying attention to elements beyond your main subject can impact the success of your photographs.
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Shapes & Lines: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex the role of shape and line in developing his visual workflow. He explains by how observing lines and shapes, he can begin the processing of discovering and refining his composition, well before a human subject and the accompanying gesture complete the moment.
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Lighting Transitions: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex talks about paying attention to transitions between light and shadow and using those as the foundation of a photographic composition. Using listener images, he demonstrates how a photographer can produce a carefully composed frame that builds on the strengths of light, shape, color and gesture.
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Street as Character: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex, spurred by a comment by a viewer, examines the idea of street as character. Though a lot of street photography utilizes people as their primary subject matter, Ibarionex considers what happens when the photographer doesn’t include people or only uses people as a graphic element in the photograph.
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Using a Telephoto: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex talks about the choice of using a telephoto focal length for street photography. Rather than dissuading people from using longer focal lengths, he stresses the importance of paying attention to light, contrast, foreground and background elements and gesture.
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Photo: Mahesh Balasubramanian
What's in Your Foreground: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex talks about the importance of including elements in the foreground of a composition. He discusses how including such elements can help control the viewer’s experience of the composition as well as direct the viewer’s attention to the key elements in the frame.
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Light, Setting & Gesture: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex talks about his process of evaluating a scene for light, setting, and gesture. By paying attention to these qualities of a scene, he begins to build his compositions, increasing the likelihood of producing an excellent photograph. He describes how analyzing a scene in this way becomes a repeatable process that can improve your success rate.
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Photo: James Ramos
Seeing Thru the Mundane: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex talks about creating something extraordinary from the ordinary. Spurred by a recent email, he discusses how one perceives the mundane is what really determines whether a photographer can successfully make a great picture from the most ordinary of elements.
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Photo: Sayan Mukherjee
What's in Your Frame? Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex talks about paying attention to more than your subject. Using images submitted by listeners, he discusses how other elements in the frame can play off the subject to help build a stronger and more effective composition.
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What's Behind Your Subject?: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex uses silhouettes to discuss the importance of being aware of your subject when making photographs. He explains how the shapes, lines, color and patterns that are immediately behind the subject can make and break any photograph.
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Ordinary Neighborhoods: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex talks the challenge of finding interesting subject matter in your own neighborhood and community. Using images selected for TCF listeners, he touches on the idea of why it’s important to see one’s familiar surrounding with new eyes and the important legacy that such images can and do provide.
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Fear & the Street Portrait: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex talks about the relationship between fear and street portraiture. He discusses how the practice of the street portrait, can help a photographer get past anxiety and fear of photographing strangers. It can also help them to make informed choices regarding lighting, composition and allow them the freedom to fully engage with the subject.
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Photo: Andy Shields
Wait 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.
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Drawing 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.
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