In this video, we talk about what makes a portrait special. We look at the moment of engagement between the photographer and their subject and how that can make all the difference in a successful portrait.
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Black and White Conversion #3 - Macphun Tonality Pro
For this continuing series on black and white conversions, we share a demonstration of Macphun Tonality Pro. Starting in Adobe Lightroom, we walk you through the process of taking a flat color file and converting it into a high contrast black and white photograph.
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photo: Patrick Joust
The Candid Frame #245 - Patrick Joust
Patrick Joust lives in Baltimore with his wife Amy and his son Llewelyn. Born in Oroville, California, Patrick has gone back and forth between both coasts of the United States, before settling permanently in Baltimore in 2006 where he works as a reference librarian. He takes pictures whenever he can.
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photo: Matt Nelson
Owning the Frame: Images from the TCF Flickr Pool
In this video, we discuss the importance of being aware of everything that is included in the frame. Using images submitted by TCF Listeners, we explore how secondary elements in the foreground and background can strengthen or diminish the success of a photograph.
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My Love Affair with the 35mm Lens
I love the 35mm focal length. While, I enjoy a fast 50mm and have an affection for a sharp 85mm, the 35mm holds a special place in my photographic heart.
It’s likely due to the fact that I cut my teeth as a photographer on a fixed focal length 35mm lens. It was the lens through which I learned to see when I started using my first DSLR.
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photo: Ibarionex
Black and White Conversion #2 - Silver Efex Pro II
In the second in a series of videos, Ibarionex walks you through a black and white conversion using Adobe Lightroom and Silver Efex Pro II. In this video, he demonstrates how he processes a color image in Lightroom in preparation for editing the image in the b&w plug-in.
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photo: Jo Farrell
The Candid Frame #244 - Jo Farrell
Jo Farrell is an award-winning black and white documentary photographer and culture anthropologist, born in London, England. Her work has been published in numerous places including: the BBC news website, SilkRoad (Cathay Pacific), Huffington Post, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Time Out HK, Creative Quarterly, and 50 other publications that can be viewed on her website.
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photo: Ibarionex
Dogs + Walking + Photography
I’ve had been in need of a creative challenge. That uneasy feeling of wanting to do something different, to push past my comfort zone had been gnawing at me for months. Yet, I was not addressing that hunger as I was making so many other things in my life the priority.
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photo: Chris Leskovsek
Seeing in Black and White: Images from the Flickr Pool
In the latest TCF YouTube video, we talk about images that are unique and strong because they are black and white. We examine how images based on tonality, shape, form, line and gesture gain their impact when seen as a monochrome image.
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photo: Ibarionex
Black and White Conversion #1 - Adobe Lightroom
Spurred by questions from viewers of the TCF YouTube Channel, we are introducing a series of videos that walk through the different ways that Ibarionex converts his color photographs into black and white photographs. This videos will discuss his approach begin with Adobe Lightroom and in subsequent videos will include the use of several third-party plug-ins.
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photo: Jay Bartlett
The Candid Frame #243 - Jay Bartlett
Jay Bartlett is a Los Angeles-based commercial photographer who has been shooting for over 10 years. A grass-roots photographer who in his early stages of his career pounded the pavement by cold calling and doing door to door advertising for new prospective clients.
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photo: Chris Leskovsek
Seeing Different: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this video, Ibarionex discusses what he is looking for in images submitted to The Candid Frame Flickr pool He focuses on photographers who are seeing and composing their images a little bit differently.
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photo: Valerie Jardin
Paris Street Photography w/ Valerie Jardin & Ibarionex
Ibarionex Perello and Valerie Jardin sit down to discuss their recent experience photographing in Paris using mirrorless cameras, which included the Fujifilm x100s and Samsung NX30. Using images produced from their respective trips, they talk about their respective approaches to street photography.
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photo: Damon Casarez
The Candid Frame #242 - Damon Casarez
Damon Casarez is an emerging documentary and portrait photographer based in Los Angeles county. His recent project, "Boomerang Kids," that was pitched to the New York Times Magazine, has brought up a lot of conversation about the factors recent college graduates face as soon as they leave school.
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photo: Ibarionex
Making the Most of a Bad Day of Street Photography
It’s inevitable. There will be those days that despite, my eagerness, excitement and abundance of high-tech gear that I will have a day of street photography where I come home with nothing. Nada. Zilch. Strike out.
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photo: Kevin Mullins
Photographing a Birth - TCF YouTube Interview w/ Kevin Mullins
We speak with photographer, Kevin Mullins who used his storytelling skills as wedding photographer to photograph the birth of a client's daughter. Using his visual narrative skills, he chronicles the the time leading to the birth and the emotional moments afterwards.
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