Ibarionex appeared as a guest on the Podcaster Roundtable show to talk about the "Gifts of Podcasting". It's not so much about photography, but rather about podcasting. It features several proponents of podcast, which provides some interesting insight into the behind the scenes of creating independently produced audio content.
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 #212 - Julie DuBose
With Effortless Beauty, Julie DuBose brings a new perspective to photography. She talks in an intimate way not just about how we express our experience with our camera, but about a whole new and fresh way to experience our visual world altogether. She guides us through the process of seeing without our usual habitual ways of experiencing what we see, so that we can have vivid, mind-stopping visual perceptions, and express those perceptions exactly as we see them.
Julie DuBose has been a practitioner of Miksang Contemplative Photography since 1998. She studied with Michael Wood, the founder of the Miksang Training course of study and practice, and began teaching courses with him in 2005. Together they have developed the Miksang Training curriculum and have taught in North America and Europe.
Read MoreThe 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 #211 - Rob Lutter
Rob Lutter is a photographer, designer & writer from England. In 2011 he left his home in London to begin a photographic journey & global expedition attempt to cycle around the world. He put the UK film industry behind him to embark on a creative, physical & psychological adventure across 4 world continents & more than 40 countries. His passion is in discovering & creating stories through film, word or photography & his work aims to capture unique cultures & landscapes, to learn from them & share their lives & his own with the world, inspiring others through tales of human endeavor.
This journey is many things. Primarily, it’s a photographic & literary travel project that aims to tell a universal story, about the need for change, adventure & happiness.
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The 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
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The Candid Frame #210 - Elliott Erwitt
Born in Paris in 1928 to Russian parents, Elliott Erwitt spent his childhood in Milan, then emigrated to the US, via France, with his family in 1939. As a teenager living in Hollywood, he developed an interest in photography and worked in a commercial darkroom before experimenting with photography at Los Angeles City College. In 1948 he moved to New York and exchanged janitorial work for film classes at the New School for Social Research.
Erwitt traveled in France and Italy in 1949 with his trusty Rolleiflex camera. In 1951 he was drafted for military service and undertook various photographic duties while serving in a unit of the Army Signal Corps in Germany and France.
While in New York, Erwitt met Edward Steichen, Robert Capa and Roy Stryker, the former head of the Farm Security Administration. Stryker initially hired Erwitt to work for the Standard Oil Company, where he was building up a photographic library for the company, and subsequently commissioned him to undertake a project documenting the city of Pittsburgh.
Read MoreGuest Post: The Evolution of Traveling Light - Todd Hatakeyama
Even before I started working as a photographer, I fell in love with photography by taking pictures on vacation. After several years of venturing to many parts of the globe, I’ve found that arguably the biggest challenge of travel photography is the travel itself. By trial and error, I’ve developed some handy strategies to make the logistics of traveling easier, and I thought I’d pass them on in hopes that others might learn from my experiences, good and bad. A few of my tips:
TRAVEL LIGHT! As a guiding principle, this maxim would seem to be a no-brainer. But as a diehard gear-head, I know how easy it is to succumb to the temptation to take along too much equipment. When you’re about to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime excursion to exotic places, your mind reels with all the possible photo opportunities you might encounter, none of which you want to miss. You just might want this lens or that accessory with you…and before you know it, you’re lugging a ton of gear through airport security.
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First Look: Nik Analog Efex Pro
Google has released a new plug-in for its Nik Collection Suite called Nik Analog Efex Pro. The new plug-in is now part of the plug-in suite which includes Nik Silver Efex Pro II, Color Efex Pro 4 and several others.
It is the first new plug-in since Google acquired Nik Software, which bodes well for the future of the software. This certainly makes photographers like me very happy as I have become accustomed to using Nik software as a regular part of my digital workflow.
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 #209 - Dan (Dano) Steinhardt
Dan (Dano) Steinhardt has over three decades of business experience in photography. In addition to national academic achievement, Steinhardt was first recognized for his photography when Scholastic Magazine awarded him the Grand Prize as the best high school photographer in North America. As Marketing Manager at Epson America, Inc. Steinhardt's responsibilities help position Epson as a key player in the photographic industry to professional and amateur photo markets.
Steinhardt was fortunate to have attended Reseda High School in Los Angeles, CA studying under the legendary Warren King. While still in high school, Steinhardt began assisting professional photographers in Hollywood, CA. Because of his background at Reseda High and experience as a photo assistant, Steinhardt was awarded advance standing at Brooks Insitute of Photography, Santa Barbara, CA where he double majored in Advertising/Illustration and Industrial/Scientific photography graduating with a Bachelors degree at the age of 20.
Read MoreVideo Profile: Rinzi Ruiz - Street Zen
Los Angeles street photographer, Rinzi Ruiz is profiled in this short film. In it, he describes what inspires his unique approach for photographing the City of Angels. You can listen to his interview on The Candid Frame on Episode #143.
This video is a collaboration between The Candid Frame and Alas Media
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The 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 #208 - Chris Gampat
Chris Gampat is the founder of The Phoblographer and he manages all of the daily tasks. He has worked for Photography Bay, PCMag, Geek.com, Magnum Photos, B&H Photo Video and MAC Group amongst others. He specializes in content development and Social Media marketing campaigns for the creative industry. Chris also freelances for many other publications such as Digital Camera Review, Gear Patrol, Imaging Resource, and Resource Magazine.
The Candid Frame Live - Getting the Band Back Together
Recently, we held a special Google+ Hangout which brought together some of the original (OG) podcasters: Martin Bailey (Martin Bailey Photography Podcast), Jeff Curto (Camera Position and History of Photography), John Arnold (Photo Walkthrough), Chris Marquardt (Tips from the Top Floor) and Ibarionex Perello (The Candid Frame).
These early adopters of podcasting used to get together on an irregular basis for a podcast called The Focus Ring, in which we would talk about different topics revolving around photography. It is missed by may.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame Listener Showcase - Rob Nunn
What is your name?
Rob Nunn. I’m 41 years old, I come from Gosport in the UK, and I’m a Retail Manager by trade.
When did you begin listening to The Candid Frame?
That’s a tricky question, I checked my blog and I recommended The Candid Frame in May 2009 to my readers, so probably some time before Episode 70. There have been so many inspirational episodes, I would argue that Ibarianex’s work has been vitally important in my development as a photographer. The Candid Frame, and the people on it, give you avenues to explore, artists to investigate and a good kick in the pants to just get on with it and take some photographs.