The Candid Frame #136 - Joel Grimes


Joel Grimes describes himself as an illusionist, a photographer who has created his personal stamp on the art of photography. His unique style for creating portraits, especially of sports figures, have made him a a popular and in-demand photographer for a host of commercial and editorial clients and increasingly, as an educator. Though his work involves him being a technician of sorts, he creates photographs with the vision of an artist. You can find out more about Joel Grimes and his work by visiting his website and blog.

 Joel Grimes recommends the work of Albert Watson.

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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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The Candid Frame #132 - Martin Bailey

Martin Bailey is a Tokyo based nature, wildlife and portrait photographer. He is the host and producer of the Martin Bailey Photography podcast, which supports a popular blog and forum. He also conducts workshops and photographic tours in Japan and abroad.

Born in London, England he immigrated to Japan and in 2010 became a Japanese citizen.

His journey to becoming a full-time working professional photographer was chronicled through his podcast as was his recent health challenges. His professional and personal journey as well as his beautiful and stunning photographs are a source of great inspiration to photographers from all over the world. You can find out more about Martin and his work by visiting his website.

Martin Bailey recommends the work of Michio Hoshino.

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The Candid Frame #131 - Jerod Foster




Jerod Foster is a Texas-based magazine/editorial and travel photographer. His photographic efforts focus on environmental portraiture and natural history, where he is able to devote visual resources to telling individual stories through the photographic medium and multimedia concerted projects. His background growing up in rural ranch country partially inspires him to seek through stories out among his surrounding cultural environment. He is also the author of Storytellers: A Photographer's Guide to Developing Themes  and Creating Stories with Pictures. You can discover more about Jerod and his work by visiting his website and his blog.

Jerod Foster recommends the work of Jim Richardson.

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The Candid Frame #129 - Tony Luna



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Tony Luna is founder and president of Tony Luna Creative Services, a Creative Consultancy, which he formed in 1971. As a Creative Consultant he has assisted over a thousand entrepreneurs and hundreds of businesses to start or reinvent their endeavors in photography, film, and graphic design. Mr. Luna is an Adjunct Professor and has been an instructor at the Art Center College of Design in the field of business for the creative entrepreneur since 1985. He also teaches a series of highly regarded career reinvention classes titled, Crafting a Meaningful Career- Parts One, Two, and Three to mid-career professionals who are looking to take their careers to the next level. You can discover more about him and his work by visiting his website. 

Tony Luna suggested the work of Ted Orland.

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New Year! New Podcast! New Format! Focus Ring is Back!

The Candid Frame Photography podcast is a member is The Photocast Network, a loose confederation of podcasts both in English, Spanish and German, all on the topic of photography. It's a great resource for some interesting and engaging shows on our favorite pastime.

We even have our own podcast, but the production of this had been pretty infrequent. So, now I've brought it back with a new format and a new idea.

Four photographers join the conversation with two of their own images to discuss a single topic. I think it will provide an opportunity to turn the conversation from equipment and software, to....wait for it...photographs. What a concept!

The first episode focus on "Shadow and Light" and brings together Jeff Curto (History of Photography & Lens Position), Chris Marquardt (Tips from the Top Floor), Martin Bailey and myself, Ibarionex Perello (The Candid Frame). If we get a good response to the show and format, I intend to continue producing the program once a month. Let me know what you think.

Click here to go to the Photocast Network website where you'll find a link to the episode.

New Episode of Shooting with Alas video podcast now available.

If you haven't already, check out the latest episode of my other podcast effort, Shooting with Alas. We travel Lake Los Angeles, where we photograph dirt bike enthusiast Gilbert Ruvalcaba. To create a series of action shots and portraits using off-camera flash, we use Pocket Wizard's new Mini TT1 and Flex TT5 to use counter the harsh existing light while maintaining TTL flash metering. You can visit the blog by clicking here.

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The Candid Frame #72 - Bobbi Lane


Bobbi Lane is an award-winning commercial photographer specializing in creative portraits on location and in the studio. Lane's multi-faceted approach to photography incorporates over 30 years of technical experience with innovative artistic interpretation. Lane shoots primarily people on location for editorial, corporate, and advertising accounts as well as photographing "real people" and travel for stock. As a dedicated photo educator, she brings insight and enthusiasm to her hundreds of students every year. Bobbi's excellent rapport and communication with her students inspires and motivates, while her straight-forward teaching style reaches students of many different skill levels. Bobbi teaches her own weekend workshops in CT, the Bobbi Lane Workshops and at the Santa Fe Workshops, the Maine Workshops, the Julia Dean Workshops, and the International Center for Photography in New York City. You can discover more about her by visiting her website.

Bobbi Lane recommends the work of Stephen Johnson.

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The Candid Frame #71 - Douglas Kirkland


Douglas Kirkland has been a staff photographer for Look and Life magazines and has photographed some of the world's most dynamic, controversial and famous personalities including Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol and Judy Garland to name just a few. Recknowned for his work in the entertainment industry, he has also created a diverse body of work for advertsing and fine-art. He is one of the few photographers who can lay claim to the term, "a photographer's photographer". To discover more of his work, visit his website.

You can read an article that I wrote on Douglas Kirkland for Digital Photo Pro Magazine by clicking here.

Douglas Kirkland recommends the work of Lauren Greenfield.

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The Candid Frame #70 - Greg Gorman


Greg Gorman is a master fine-art photographer whose images of stage, film, sports and music personalities are both stunningly beautiful and iconic. As well as having photographed some of this generations greatest talents, he has produced a distinct photographic style rooted in his unique use of light and the black and white palette. You can discover more of his work by visiting his website.

As well as producing exceptional work, he also teaches an amazing workshop in his residence in Mendocino, California. You can discover more about this unique opportunity by clicking here.

Greg Gorman recommends the work of Gerd Ludwig.

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The Candid Frame #69 - Miriam Romais


Miriam Romais is the executive director of En Foco, a non profit organization that supports contemporary fine art and documentary photographers of Latino, African, Asian and Native American descent. It was started 35 years ago in the Bronx by a group of Puerto Rican photographers to serve as as outlet for work that was being too easily overlooked by mainstream art world.

As well as her work with En Foco, Miriam is also a photographer and curator. Her own work has been published and exhibited in numerous galleries and museums throughout the country. Some of her work has focused on her other passion, motorcycling. You can view her work by visiting her website.

Miriam Romais recommend the work of Alejandro Chaskielberg.

View a free PDF copy of En Foco's magazine, Nueva Luz by clicking here.

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The Candid Frame #68 - Seth Joel & Charlie Holland


Seth Joel and Charlie Holland are a husband and wife team that produce natural looking images of people for commercial, advertising work and stock. They combine a life-long passion for making photographs and a keen awareness and knowledge of business to create successful photographic careers. To discover more of their work please visit their website.

Seth Joel and Charlie Holland recommend the work of Alia Malley and Jeff Dunas.

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The Candid Frame #67 - Dane Sanders


Dane Sanders is a highly-respected wedding and portrait photographer, as well as a popular podcaster and author. He has been featured in Rangefinder, Professional Photographer and American Photo magazines. His philosphy about living the "professional" photographic life is embodied in his new book, "Fast Track Photographer" and his new podcast Ask Dane. Discover more about Dane and his work by visiting his website.

Dan Sanders recommend the work of John Michael Cooper.

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The Candid Frame #66 - Robert Kerian



Robert Kerian is one of the country's premiere automative photographers. His clients include Mercedes Benz, Toyota, BMW, Harley-Davidson and Nissan. Robert brings a sensitive eye to a field of work, where attention to detail is everything. Though increasingly much of these kinds of images are being made on the computer, Robert is an example of a classical photographer who uses his skills behind the camera to make images you can never forget. You can discover more about him and his work by visiting his website.

Robert Kerian recommends the work of Clint Clemens.

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