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. 

Qiana Mestrich recommends the work of Shirin Neshat.

Some of the blogs mentioned in our interview include:

•  En Foco
• A.D. Coleman's DLK Collection
• Elizabeth Avedon
• The Prison Photography Blog
• Daylight Magazine Blog
• Lightwork
• HeyHotShot Blog
• Blackstar Rising
• aCurator 
• a Photo Editor

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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 #134 - Juan Pons

Juan Pons is a nature and wildlife photographer who was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  He is a strong supporter of wildlife and natural habitat conservation and is a member of several conservation organizations. As well as selling his prints to private collectors, he also donates his images to non-profit organizations with nature and wildlife preservation missions. He is an instructor and workshop leader as well as being the co-host along with Rick Sammon of the popular podcast, The Digital Photo Experience. You can find out more about his work by visiting his blog and gallery. 

Juan Pons mentioned the work of  Gabby Salazar from the Nature's Best Photography competition. 

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The Candid Frame #133 - Warren Keating

Warren Keating is a painter whose latest works in the Overview series, are the result of collecting photographs and video of unwitting subjects from balconies in France, digitizing them on computer and painting them on canvas. 

Born in New Orleans in 1965, Keating won several regional awards in oil and watercolor painting and received more than a half-dozen commissions before reaching the age of 18. His work now reflects the culmination of 25 years of painting both the figure and the landscape.

For more information about Keating his work please visit his website.

Warren Keating recommends the work of Duane Keiser.

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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 #130 - Vincent Versace

Vincent Versace is a renowned photographer and educator. His work has appeared in countless publications and he is the author of Welcome to OZ 2.0. He is a popular instructor whose expertise using available light and Photoshop has earned him honors and the admiration of photographers from all over the world.

In this revisit with Vincent, we discuss his recent trip to Burma, which included the opportunity to photograph, "The Lady", Aung San Suu Ky and how this has influenced his work and how he sees it.

You can discover more about Vincent and his work by visiting his website and listening to our original interview.

Vincent Versace recommends the work of Jesse Diamond and Chef John Fraser.

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The Candid Frame #129 - Tony Luna

photo: Doug Method

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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Photographers for Your Consideration

As an adjunct professor at the Art Center College of Design. I have the opportunity to see a lot of work from some up-and-coming photographers. I thought that I'd share the websites of some of the photographers who are currently in my class this term.


You'll find  each of these photographers bring something unique and interesting to the table.


Brandon Osborn (www.brandonophoto.com)
Brandon Osborn has an eye for detail. His videos capture the subjects and presents a mood consistent with the idea presented in the video. He is talented with still and motion photography.

















Camillo Longo (www.camillolongo.com)
Camillo Longo is a photographer whose focus in on storytelling. He does so by making photographs with an emphasis on detail, history and research. 

Brian Pescador (www.brianpescador.com)

Brian Pescador mixed portrait with an interesting exploration of the urban environment, reveal vibrant image in common and unexpected places. 









































































































Laurel Johnson (www.laureljohnsonphotography.com)

Laurel Johnson is a diverse photographer who photographs fashion, portrait and food. However, she has a special affinity for interesting people, which can be found in her portrait series on roller derby athletes. 

The Candid Frame #128 - Gary Phillips

Gary Phillips is a mystery writer and the author of the popular Ivan Monk novels set in Los Angeles. His books include High Hand, Perdition USA and Bad Night is Falling. He has also written graphic novels and served as an editor on several anthologies including the Cocaine Chronicles. Though much of his work revolves around stories of "bad people doing bad things", his non-fiction work has also explored issue of race and culture, especially in the City of Angels, which he calls home. 

Gary Phillips recommends the work of Elmore Leonard. 

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Light and Setting

Here is one of the episodes from my Chasing the Light video photography podcast, a limited run  series in which I share some insights from my book, Chasing the Light: Improving Your Photography Using Available Light. 

The Candid Frame #127 - Penny De Los Santos

Penny De Los Santos is a travel and food culture photographer whose images have appeared in numerous publications including National Geographic, Savuer and Texas Monthly magazines to name just a few. Her life behind the camera has provided her the opportunity to travel to over 30 countries to document stories about history, culture and society revolving around the common language of food. She has been honored with numerous awards and grants for her projects and work including College Photographer of the Year,  the California New Media Award and the Canon USA Photography Grant. You can discover more of her work by visiting her website and her blog.


Check out her recent online workshop at Creative Live.

Penny De Los Santos recommends the work of Lynn Johnson.

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The Candid Frame - Special Announcement

Listen to a special announcement about changes coming to the 5th season of The Candid Frame podcast. www.thecandidframe.com.

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The Candid Frame #126 - Russell Brown

Russell Preston Brown is a photographer who holds the unique position of educating photographers everywhere in the use of Photoshop. In his role as Senior Creative Director at Adobe, he has helped to teach people on the many creative possibilities available in this image-editing software. But it’s his role as guest-curator for the new exhibit, Digital Darkroom, which opens in December 2011 at the Annenberg Space for Photography that has inspired this conversation about an exceptional exhibit of photography. You can out more about the exhibit by visiting the Annenberg Space for Photography website. You can find out even more about Russell Brown and his work by visiting his website.

Russell Brown recommends the work of Scott Martin.

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The Candid Frame #125 - Steve Simon

Steve Simon is a photojournalist and documentary photographer who has spent years photographing events both large and small. From political events, religious practices and cultural influences, he has rooted his work on the practice of telling stories both big and small. He is also an educator who has taught photography at the International Center of Photography in NewYork and the Loyalist College Photojournalism Program in Canada. He is also the recent author, The Passionate Photographer, a book which focuses on his personal approach to using personal projects to explore a photographer's ability to tell stories and improve their photographic skills. You can discover more about him and his work by visiting his website and his blog, the latter which will be up and live before the end of 2011.

Steve Simon recommends the work of Josef Koudelka.

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