How long have you been shooting and what inspired your interest in photography? I studied photography in university and later incorporated it into my process as an Illustrator. Having children further has compelled me to document my life and the places I've lived to a greater degree. I was also motivated by the unreliable nature of memory.
Read MoreChanging Perspective: Images from the Flickr Pool
This week we talk about perspective, physically changing the position of the camera relative to the subject. So many photographs are made by with us standing upright and bringing the camera to the eye. But what happens when we get lower to the ground or even higher. How does that impact our compositions. We find out using some of the recent images that have been contributed to The Candid Frame Flickr pool.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame Listener Showcase - Erik Stable
What is your name?
Erik Stabile
When did you begin listening to The Candid Frame?
I'm a new listener. I've been listening to the Candid Frame avidly for about five months now.
How long have you been shooting and what inspired your interest in photography?
I've been shooting seriously since 2005. I've always had an interest in photography, or at least the mechanics of it. When I was a child I remember sneaking into my father's camera bag. I would pull out the Minolta camera body, open the lenses and fire the flash. I was fascinated by it. I can remember the cold, heavy camera body and the smell of film. I love the tools of the trade. But throughout my adolescence I rarely picked up a camera. Then later in life I fell in love with writing, which led me to pursue a degree in journalism. It was there that I rediscovered my love for photography, specifically photojournalism and documentary photography. Now I can't imagine doing anything else.
Do you have a preferred genre or specialty of photography? Why?
Documentary and Landscape Photography. It is my intention to create bodies of work on the duality of nature as wilderness and resource, and to express the oxymoron that is "natural resource."
The Candid Frame Listener Showcase - David Ortiz
What is your name?
Dave Ortiz
When did you begin listening to The Candid Frame?
Since 2009
How long have you been shooting and what inspired your interest in photography?
I have been shooting since early 2000's. My first camera was a Coolpix 700. It was a fixed lens 2.1 megapixel camera. I love the immediate gratification I gained with it and it ignited a passion.
Do you have a preferred genre or specialty of photography? Why?
I shoot portraits, weddings, and events commercially. I shoot street photography for myself.
What subject matter, themes, ideas do you like to explore or inspire your photography? Why?
Growing up in NYC and now commuting into the city daily I have always had a love affair with the city life and pace. I like to challenge myself to find a perspective of my own. My reflections series has been my way to honor the city and I have known all my life.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame Listener Showcase - Brian Russell
What is your name?
Brian Russell
When did you begin listening to The Candid Frame?
Around two months ago, working my way through the back episodes though!
How long have you been shooting and what inspired your interest in photography? I’ve had two stints with photography. Around 20 years ago I did a photography course at the local college, producing my own black & white prints, even made my own developer (Pyro!). Fast forward a few years & photography fell by the wayside & I stopped shooting so much. After using a D90 casually to capture family photos, I’ve had my passion for the subject reignited. So I’m still very much the amateur with loads to learn. Despite the large gap in practice, I never really stopped seeing photographically and it’s this that inspires me. For me photography isn’t just about making the images, it’s far more about how to see. I’m a software architect by trade, but despite shiny gadget-lust it’s the artistic aspect of photography that attracts me.
Do you have a preferred genre or specialty of photography? I’ll cheat & say Travel, which can encompasses street, people, landscape, architecture
Read MoreThe Candid Frame Listener Showcase - David Valera
What is your name?
David Patrick Valera
When did you begin listening to The Candid Frame?
Couple of years ago after I took my first street photography workshop and have been listening ever since.
How long have you been shooting and what inspired your interest in photography?
I've been shooting on and off most of my life. I was 6 years old when I had my first experience with a camera shooting my mom's Kodak Instamatic 44. I remember loving to expend the flash cubes, they looked so crystal clear and perfect, then after use, get all bubbly and distorted. It wasn’t till later I realized these little black boxes make pictures which then I proceeded to take all the family vacation photos. I shot film throughout high school and college with my trusty Nikon FE2, taking a few classes here and there, spending countless hours in the darkroom developing B&W film. My first experience into digital photography was in 1994 when the Apple Quicktake 100 was introduced. I was so excited I had the ability to easily connect to my home computer and instantly, see the images I just took in all their 0.3 MP glory.
When my first child was born, I realized the numerous P&S cameras I had were not able to capture the unwillingness of the subject to sit still and pose. I know, how selfish of her.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame Listener Showcase - Ryan Katsanes
What is your name?
Ryan Katsanes
When did you begin listening to The Candid Frame?
Some time in 2007, but I've listened to every episode.
How long have you been shooting and what inspired your interest in photography?
I've been shooting with a dSLR since 2005, and with an interest in photography but point and shoot camera for about 14 years. To be honest I don't recall when my interest began, but it was catapulted by the purchase of my first dSLR after I had shot a bunch of film on a trip to Europe which cost me a fortune to develop a lot of horrible images! Ever since, I've shot as much as I could, learned as much as I could online and in classes, and listened to a variety of podcasts while driving around. I first heard of Ibarionex on The Focus Ring, I miss that podcast!
Do you have a preferred genre or specialty of photography? Why?
I definitely prefer portraiture. It's the connection with people that matters to me, conversations that happen that you wouldn't have expected to come up during the shoot, and the joy of seeing a happy client after they're presented with the proofs.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame Listener Profile - Zack Herrera
When did you begin listening to The Candid Frame?
I am a fairly new listener. I didn’t start till this year. And yes, I was living under a rock. I didn’t comprehend the power of Podcasts till this year. Happy to say this is one of my regulars now.
How long have you been shooting and what inspired your interest in photography?
I am approaching ten years of shooting. Which is unbelievable in some ways because it still feels so new to me. My grandmother is a real artist: oil painter, sketches, collages, print maker, and so forth. So needless to say, I was encouraged at a young age to tap into my creativity. But rendering wasn’t for me. Drawing was fun but most definitely never stuck. It wasn’t until a trip to Guadalajara, Mexico that photography became a source of intrigue. I also have to credit one of my first photography professors, after seeing my work, told me to research Lewis Baltz and New Topographics. After that, there was no going back. Been at it ever since.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame Listener Profile - Freddy Clark
What is your name? Freddy Clark
When did you begin listening to The Candid Frame? For about 4 years.
How long have you been shooting and what inspired your interest in photography? I’ve been seriously shooting for a little over 5 years now, before that I had been taking family shots. I got serious when I was in the lowest point of my life. I was going through a divorce and my therapist asked me, “what do you like to do”?
Read MoreThe Candid Frame Listener Profile - Dan Moore
What is your name?
Dan Moore
When did you begin listening to The Candid Frame?
Looking back through your archives, it must have been right around episode 100. I remember the Jay Dickman interview which was #102, so right about then.
How long have you been shooting and what inspired your interest in photography?
I was a graphic design major and 2D art minor in college, so I took all of the photography classes. My instructor was Jerry Dell, and I didn’t realize at the time that 15 years later I’d have his voice in my head telling me to capture “black blacks, white whites, and a lively range of grays,” but I do. I didn’t do much with it for a while after graduation, but on a 2002 trip to Arches National Park I fell in love with the Parks and photographing them.
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