In this week's video, Ibarionex talks about the qualities of a good portrait. We explore the importance not only of the subject, but also the background, lighting, focal length and proximity. Whether photographing family, friends or complete strangers thinking about how to use everything in the frame can make all the difference.
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photo: Michelle Groskopf
The Candid Frame #312 - Michelle Groskopf
Michelle Groskopf is a street photographer based in Los Angeles. She's made a practice of shooting the world around her almost daily for the past 20 years. Her work has been featured in The British Journal Of Photography, American Photo Magazine,Capricious Magazine, FLAUNT Magazine, Dazed and Confused, Vice.com, Trip Magazine, Booooooom, The Heavy Collective, Fotografia Magazine, The Magenta Foundation, It's Nice That, The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveler
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Images from the Flickr Pool: Creative Shadows
In this week's video, Ibarionex talks about the creative use of shadows in photo compositions. He explores the idea of not just using shadows as a counterpoint to the subject, but rather as the anchor in the photograph.
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photo: Dana Barsuhn
The Candid Frame #311 - Street Photography Presentations @ LACP
Recently, the Los Angeles Center of Photography dedicated a weekend to the genre of street photography. The weekend included an exhibition, a workshop and a symposium which featured seven street photographers.
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photo: Rex Mandel
Images from the Flickr Pool: Human Relationships
In this week's video, Ibarionex talks about human relationships between people on the street. Using images submitted by TCF listeners, he talks about the challenge of making photographs that capture the relationship and interactions that people have with each other in a public space and how that can result in great images.
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photo: Thomas Heaton
The Candid Frame #310 - Thomas Heaton
Thomas Heaton is a UK based photographer who when he isn’t making a living as a commercial photographer in Whitley Bay, England is exploring the natural world with a camera. He creates beautiful landscape images not only in his homeland, but also during his many travels.
photo: Anna Mia Davidson
The Candid Frame #309 - Anna Mia Davidson
Anna Mia Davidson is a professional photographer based in Seattle, Washington. She believes strongly in the power of images to influence, inspire, and impact the way we see the world around us.
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photo: Tyler Simpson
Images from the Flickr Pool: Implied Relationships
In this week's video, Ibarionex talks implied relationships between disparate elements in the frame and how they can be linked by color, pattern, lines and juxtaposition. Using images submitted by TCF listeners, he explores how photographers can produce strong and effective compositions.
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photo: Mick Victor
The Candid Frame #308 - Mick Victor
Mick Victor is an accomplished photographer who makes the streets and not an office his studio. But his imagery in not typical street photography. Instead his images from his Art Unexpected Series are abstractions of marking and paintings that are an everyday part of our modern urban world.
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photo: Shannon Johnstone
The Candid Frame #307 - Shannon Johnstone
Shannon Johnstone is a photographer who has been using her camera to change the lives of dogs at a local animal shelter. These are dogs, who were at risk of being euthanized. Her project and book Landfill Dogs has provided an opportunity to not only save the lives of hundreds of animals, but also create greater awareness of the importance of spaying and neutering pets.
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photo: Ferit Onurlu
Challenge My Eye: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, Ibarionex talks about what he's looking for in the images he pulls from the Flickr pool for his YouTube videos. In it, he talks about searching for images that challenge the way that he sees and shoots. Choosing examples from listener photos, he touches on different choices based on lighting, composition and perspective.
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The Candid Frame #306 - Donna Pinckley
Donna Pinckley, a native of Louisiana, received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography from Louisiana Tech University and a Master of Fine Arts in photography from University of Texas at Austin. She has received Visual Artist Fellowships from the Mid-America Arts Alliance/NEA and the Arkansas Arts Council.
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photo: Bruce Smith
The Candid Frame #305 - Bruce Smith
Bruce Smith is a master fine-art nude, high-fashion and glamour photographer as well as a long-time friend of the show. For decades, he has produced amazing work for commercial and editorial clients from all over the world including some of the most popular and recognized fashion brands in bridal wear and swimwear.
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photo: Andreas Neophytou
Staying Open: Images from the Flickr Pool
In this week's video, we talk about the importance of being open, of moving beyond our own visual routine and exploring all possibilities. Using 3 examples, we discuss how seeing a scene, a subject or a moment from a different perspectives can help to produce unique and exciting images.
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photo: Ibarionex
Working the Scene in Street Photography
In this video, we take a slight departure from the regular content of the TCF videos. Here, I talk about the process in building up to a photograph I made in Los Angeles. I talk about being drawn to a particular element and how I went from there to attempt to make a more complex composition.
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photo: Sophia Nahli Allison
The Candid Frame #304 - Sophia Nahli Allison
Sophia Nahli Allison is a visual journalist at the community level and a media arts educator. Born in 1987 + a native of South Central Los Angeles, she is passionate about stories that humanize the black and LGBT communities. She believes storytelling is a tool for social change.
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