The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Steve Simon is a photojournalist and documentary photographer who has traveled the world created stunning imagery of new events both big and small. He is a passionate educator and fine-artist as well as the author of The Passionate Photographer. www.thecandidframe.com, thecandidframe@gmail.com

Michael Freeman is an editorial and commercial photographer as well as an author of numerous photographic books. He has traveled around the world making images, which he has shared with his clients and the many readers of his titles, which include The Photographer's Vision. The Photographer's Eye and Top Digital Photography Tips. www.michaelfreemanphoto.com. www.thecandidframe.com, thecandidframe@gmail.com

Ryan Libre is a documentary and travel photographer who focuses his concerned lens on the region of Southeast Asia. His work has been showcased in numerous galleries and he is the recipient of the 2010 Nikon Inspiration Award. He often works on his own self-assignments when not working on editorial or commercial assignments in Asia. You can discover more about him and his work by visiting his website at www.ryanlibre.com/ www.thecandidframe.com, thecandidframe@gmail.com

RC Concepcion is Tampa/New York based photographer working as a Content Developer for Kelby Media Group, writer for Photoshop User Magazine, co-host of DTown TV. He is an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Lightroom has over 10 years in the I.T. and e-commerce industry and spends his days developing content for all applications in the Adobe Creative Suite. He is the author of several best-selling books including Get Your Photography on the Web: The Fastest, Easiest Way to Show and Sell Your Work and the HDR Book: Unlocking the Pro's Hottest Post-Processing Techniques.

Julia Dean is a photographer, educator, and the founder of the Julia Dean Photo Workshops. Julia received a Bachelor of Science degree in photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology and a Master of Arts degree in journalism at the University of Nebraska. She began her career as an apprentice to pioneering photographer Berenice Abbott. Later, Julia was a photo editor for the Associated Press in New York. She has taught for 29 years at such places as the University of Nebraska, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles Southwest College, Santa Monica College, the Santa Fe Workshops, the Maine Photographic Workshops, Oxford University and the Julia Dean Photo Workshops.

Michelle Turner is a successful destination wedding photographer. Her "funky and fashionable" shooting style has put her in a position of high-demand amongst her clients whose weddings take the photographer to stunning visual locations such as the Dominican Republic and Mexico. She is both a coveted national speaker and author and has published two books about fashionable wedding photography. She is an alumna of Georgetown University and worked on her Master’s at Dartmouth. She currently resides in Maine in the summer and spends most of the winter photographing weddings in Mexico and Central America. Her latest book is The Wedding Photography Field Guide - from Focal Press. www.thecandidframe.com, thecandidframe@gmail.com

In this engaging conversation, Scott Kelby, a renowned photographer, writer, and founder of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, shares invaluable insights on mastering photography education. He discusses the critical balance of feedback—how to both give and receive it constructively. Scott also reflects on his journey from casual sports photography to professional, recounting a humorous monopod mishap at an NFC Championship game. He emphasizes the emotional power of prints versus digital and the importance of business acumen in the photography industry.

Eric Kim and I am street photographer currently residing in Los Angeles. He specializes in black and white street photography, and have taken photos from all over the globe, including places such as Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Cinque Terre, Prague, London, and Korea. The images that you see in my work are mostly of candid street photography of people in their natural environments. He has a fantastic blog dedicated to street photography from all over the world as well as a series of YouTube interview in which he speaks and demonstrates his journey as a street photographer. www.thecandidframe.com, thecandidframe@gmail.com

Alia Malley is a fine-art photographer who landscapes of Southern California reveal a different aspect of the City of Angels than is popularized in television and film. Her photographs capture the natural scenes that exist in the midst of urban sprawl, and make connections not only to the city's current populace but also to the people of the recent and the fast past who have called SoCal home. Her recent effort to publish a book of her series of images entitled "A Cavalier in Sight of a Village" resulted in a very successful attempt  of crowd-funding using Kickstarter. www.thecandidframe.com, thecandidframe@gmail.com

William George Wadman is an editorial portrait photographer whose work regularly appears in TIME magazine, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, and La Monde to name just a few. His approach was developed by a personal 365 Project in which he created a portrait a day for a year, which he posted on his blog, which eventually drew much attention and helped create a presence for him as an up and coming photographer. Whether photographing the famous or the not-so-famous, he brings a straight-forward and interesting approach to images of people.