The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Joe Aguirre is a San Francisco based photographer currently spending his time focused on personal documentary and lyrical narrative projects. Joe lives among his subjects; he uses the street aesthetic to create candid, nude, and conceptual portraiture. Dividing his time between art and street photography, Joe is searching for a way to communicate his work to the world in a singular presentation. Resources: http://www.joeaguirrephotography.com http://thoughtlesshero.com http://thebenmolina.tumblr.com Subscribe to The Candid Frame mailing list to receive your free copy of the ebook, TCF: On Street Photography. http://ibarionex.net/thecandidframe/2015/2/20/free-ebook-on-street-photography info@thecandidframe.com

Bill Parsons and Natalia Martinez are the team behind Northern California-based Photo Lab Pet Photography and Design Lab Creative Studio (soon to be merged into The Labs & Co.). With a shared passion for animals, their work centers around photographing them in a natural environment and letting their individuality shine. They work with commercial and private clients and volunteer services to shelters and rescue organizations as proud members of HeARTs Speak. They are honored to be favorites of a variety of companies, organizations and publications including Bark Magazine. They live in Petaluma, California, supported by their two dogs and two cats. Resources: http://www.photolabpets.com http://www.tailsfromthelab.com http://www.michaelrudin.com http://www.erikalmas.com http://localmilkblog.com https://www.flickr.com/groups/thecandidframe/ https://www.youtube.com/user/lafotoboy/featured?view_as=public info@thecandidframe.com

Kale Friesen was born into the expansive vistas of Saskatchewan in 1981. At a very young age Kale became immersed in art and knew that he was destined to work in the arts. Kale spent his entire youth painting, drawing and playing music, and it wasn’t until he discovered photography that Kale understood how best he could realize his aesthetic vision. In 2001 Kale headed west to Vancouver BC where he continued my love of arts, music and skateboarding. A hunger to see the world and be inspired, Kale moved to Paris, France in 2006 to focus on his artistic pursuits. After visiting the Fondation Cartier-Bresson on a summer afternoon in 2007 he knew in that instant that the only thing he wanted to do was make photographs. The people and architecture of Paris became Kale’s photography school. While in living in Europe Kale began shooting on the streets of Paris every day and traveling to abandoned spaces in France and Belgium, experimenting with Fine Art photography and street photography. After returning to Vancouver in 2009 Kale changed direction and photographic focus on fashion photography and portraiture. The genius and originality of photographers of Helmut Newton, Nick Knight and Solve Sundsbo opened Kale’s mind and guided his path towards becoming a fashion photographer. Kale photographs emote a somber mood with a strong sense of colour, design and movement. Kale currently lives and works in Vancouver, BC as a fashion, beauty photographer, and still carries a camera every day. Resources: http://www.kalejf.com/ http://www.creativeexchangeagency.com/artists/photography/sarah-moon http://ibarionex.net/thecandidframe/ info@thecandidframe.com

Ugo Cei is an Italian IT professional that caught the bug of photography and now spends every free minute he has taking photos and uses every business trip or vacation as an opportunity to create new images of foreign cities and natural landscapes. He loves to travel and show the beauty of the world and its inhabitants to everybody. He believes that this is really an amazing planet we live on and every place and every culture possesses beauty that deserves to be shown. Resources: http://blog.ucphoto.me http://artwolfe.com http://www.mediterraneanphototours.com http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1608873064/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1608873064&link_code=as3&tag=thecanfra-20&linkId=VK6X4WJO2BILPWEX http://the-candid-frame-store.myshopify.com/products/the-candid-frame-photo-essentials-ebook-video

Christopher Cushman was born and raised in Detroit Michigan. Growing up in Detroit in the 60's and 70's gave him a unique perspective on people, which is central to and has informed his work to this day. He received his degree in Design and Illustration from Ferris State University. He began his career in photography during the 80's attracted to portraiture as a means to understand the human condition. Christopher has had showings at galleries in Detroit and at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto's and has been extensively published. Christopher has specialized in dance photography and has photographed dancers from Alvin Ailey, and Garth Fagen in New York as well as Toronto's Ballet Creole. He has published a book on Dance in 2008 entitled "Dance Through Life" and is completing two new volumes, one of portraiture Called BLACKBOOK30 a critical response to the work of Robert Mapplethorpe and a documentary piece entitled FIERCE! Being Black, Being Gay. Christopher has resided in Toronto for the last 17 years. Resources: http://www.epiphanynoir.com/men http://www.michaelchambers.ca/Testset/G/ http://alejandrosantiagophotography.com http://zoegemelli.com Purchase The Candid Frame for Photo Essentials for just $59 using the promo code TCF 2015 using the link below. http://the-candid-frame-store.myshopify.com/products/the-candid-frame-photo-essentials-ebook-video

Nancy Lehrer sets out to capture daily life and interactions. These life events are sometimes celebratory but more often commonplace. They are made up of simple conversations and actions – calling out from a balcony, telling a secret, praying, or just engaging with the neighbors on a warm afternoon. She is an observer, seeking to find and record a bit of culture and community. Nancy Lehrer has been using photography to capture her unique world-view for most of her life. Her earliest photojournalist recognition came at a summer camp at the young age of 10 where, armed with her father’s Kodak Brownie camera, she earned the position of camp-photographer documenting the summer’s activities. Although she holds Masters degrees in Music and Computer Science, she has always held on to her passion for photography. She has studied photography from several American photography masters including Jay Maisel, Sam Abell, and Gerd Ludwig. She has received several local awards and lectures on photography in the Ventura County area. Resources: http://inancy.wordpress.com http://www.jonasbendiksen.com Learn to master your digital camera with the TCF Photo Essentials E-Book. http://www.jonasbendiksen.com

Karen Hutton has worked as an actress, a horse trainer, a voice over artist as well as a photographer. Her versatility revolves around her passion for telling stories. Her life-long love for photography has always been part of her life, but in recent years she has created her own personal space in the photographic community, helping to inspire others with her work and generosity. Her work is driven by a passion for light. As she says, ‘Life is Light isn’t a tagline. It’s me’. Resources http://www.karenhuttonphotography.com http://blog.karenhutton.com http://guytal.com/gtp/index.jsp http://www.difrusciaphotography.com http://www.stuckincustoms.com http://the-candid-frame-store.myshopify.com info@thecandidframe.com

David duChemin is an assignment photographer based in Vancouver. He has extensive international assignment experience on six continents. David duChemin’s idealism doesn’t seem to be fading any. In fact it looks like it’s settling in for the long haul. He still wants to use his powers for good (and not for evil); he still wants to save the world and be a resource to others who would do the same. As such, his main client work is serving the international NGO community. Resources: http://davidduchemin.com http://craftandvision.com http://www.jaymaisel.com http://the-candid-frame-store.myshopify.com/collections/all

Frederick Van Johnson is the host of the very popular podcast, This Week in Photo, also known as TWiP. It is a show where he and a few other photographers, or other industry professionals get together to discuss what has been happening over the past week in the world of technology, politics, art and science as they apply to photography. TWiP is a free show that is recorded weekly using Google+ Hangouts. He is also an accomplished photographer, marketer, public speaker and producer. He has specialized as a photography and marketing coach. As the founder of Mediabytes, he shares his knowledge of marketing with photographers and creative professionals. Resources: http://frederickvan.com http://thisweekinphoto.com http://www.reneerobynphotography.com http://www.karenhuttonphotography.com http://the-candid-frame-store.myshopify.com/products/the-candid-frame-photo-essentials-ebook-video http://ibarionex.net/thecandidframe/ info@thecandidframe.com

Jeff Rojas is an American Photographer based in New York City. After a stint working in corporate America, he left to pursue his passion for photography full time. Now his primary body of work includes Portrait and Fashion Photography, although he’s directed misc. fashion films and commercials. Rojas also frequents as a photography instructor and has taught on various photographic platforms including: CreativeLIVE, WPPI, PhotoPlus Expo, Gulf Photo Plus and APA. Resources: http://www.sajorffej.com http://www.billy-kidd.com http://www.lindsayadlerphotography.com/#!/index https://www.creativelive.com/courses/mens-portrait-photography-jeff-rojas http://ibarionex.net/thecandidframe info@thecandidframe.com http://www.squarespace.com/stories?channel=podcast&subchannel=candidframe&source=candidframe http://www.lynda.com/promo/trial/Default.aspx?lpk35=5859&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=candidframe&utm_campaign=vanity