In this week's video, Ibarionex talks about photographing the common scene of people on their smart phones. Though many photographers lament people’s obsessions with looking at these small screens at all hours of the day, such moments can provide great photographs if you know what to look for.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #320 - Lara Jo Regan
Lara Jo Regan's career as a photographer has been uncommon and diverse, achieving serious acclaim and respect across several disciplines.
With a background in anthropology, journalism, film and fine art, Regan's work combines painterly aesthetics with closely behavioral studies and oblique social commentary, a signature style she has applied to everything from impoverished Appalachians to the rich elite. Her interpretive documentary coverage of American culture has been regularly commissioned and published by the world's leading magazines such as Time, Newsweek, Life, Premiere and Entertainment Weekly, among many others. She is the recipient of many of her field's highest honors, including the coveted World Press Photo of the Year.
Her latest book is titled Dog in Cars.
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Shooting with the 50mm: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex discusses the benefits of shooting with a fixed focal length, specifically the 50mm lens. He discusses the benefits of seeing photographically with a lens that provides advantages for a wide variety of photography from street work to portraiture.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #319 - Paul Gero
Paul Gero is a photographer and author and has been a working professional for over 33 years.
He is the author of the best-selling book “Mastering Digital Wedding Photography” and and a Sony Artisan of Imagery (sponsored by Sony) and speaks and writes frequently on the use of Sony mirrorless cameras and making the transition from DSLR cameras to mirrorless cameras.
Read MoreImages from the Flickr Pool: Photographing Thru Windows
In this week's video, Ibarionex discusses photographing subject's through a window. He addresses the challenges faced when photographing strangers in a cafe, restaurant or bar and how it's important to stay aware of your frame when making compositions.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #318 - Sven Markus Richter
Sven Markus Richter's initial career path was that as a doctor. Though he had an interest in photography, he succumbed to familiar and cultural pressure to study medicine. But at some point, he realized it could only be a career in photography that would bring him happiness and fulfillment. So, he’s made the choice to replace the stethoscope with a camera.
Read MoreImages from the Flickr Pool: The Moment
In this week's video, Ibarionex discusses the importance of "the moment". It's that specific instant in which every element in the frame comes together to provide the potential for an exceptional photograph.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #317 - Michael Forster Rothbart
Photojournalist Michael Forster Rothbart’s work explores the human impact of environmental change. His projects have taken him to Bhopal, India, the Semey Polygon nuclear testing site in Kazakhstan, oilfields in Azerbajian, and the Canadian Arctic. A Fulbright Fellowship enabled him to spend two years in Chernobyl, photographing and interviewing those who remain a generation after the 1986 accident. He lived in Sukachi, Ukraine a small farming village just outside of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #316 - Nicole Struppert
Nicole Struppert’s creative career began in marketing and advertising. She has always been a visual person with a passion for photography, art, design and architecture. After her studies at the University of the Arts in London, she turned her career into the role of a photographer and creative consultant.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #315 - Cristina Mittermeier
Cristina Mittermeier (born Cristina Sofía Goettsch Cabello: November 26, 1966 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a photographer. She has coauthored books for popular and scientific audiences, as well as scientific papers and magazine articles. She is founder, former President, and a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #314 - David Ingraham
David Ingraham is a Los Angeles based photographer and musician. His work has been presented in numerous publications such as the Los Angeles Times, Black & White Magazine, American Photo Mag.com, Time.com, as well as David Alan Harvey’s Burn Magazine. His work has been exhibited worldwide, from Paris and Istanbul, New York and Toronto, to Los Angeles. David has made the iPhone his camera of choice for the last five years.
Read MoreImages from the Flickr Pool: Wide & Close
In this week's video, Ibarionex discusses how using a wide-angle lens and getting in closer can increase the impact and feel of a street photograph.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #313 - Robert Fischer
Robert Fischer is a photographer and artist who once thought his life path would be that of a psychologist. Instead, he chose to lead a creative life as a painter, sculptor and a photographer.
He appreciates that the camera provides him the opportunity to closely examine his skewed perspective of life, sexuality and personality. He sees himself really as a painter that takes pictures. He is often in pursuit of getting the image rather than the perfect photograph.
Read MoreImages from the Flickr Pool: The Portrait
In this week's video, Ibarionex talks about the qualities of a good portrait. We explore the importance not only of the subject, but also the background, lighting, focal length and proximity. Whether photographing family, friends or complete strangers thinking about how to use everything in the frame can make all the difference.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #312 - Michelle Groskopf
Michelle Groskopf is a street photographer based in Los Angeles. She's made a practice of shooting the world around her almost daily for the past 20 years. Her work has been featured in The British Journal Of Photography, American Photo Magazine,Capricious Magazine, FLAUNT Magazine, Dazed and Confused, Vice.com, Trip Magazine, Booooooom, The Heavy Collective, Fotografia Magazine, The Magenta Foundation, It's Nice That, The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveler
Read MoreImages from the Flickr Pool: Creative Shadows
In this week's video, Ibarionex talks about the creative use of shadows in photo compositions. He explores the idea of not just using shadows as a counterpoint to the subject, but rather as the anchor in the photograph.
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