TCF Ep. 444 - Trey Ratcliff

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Cameras, Art, Photoshop, Visual Arts, Career, Interviews, Photographers, Arts, Photography, Photo, Digital

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Trey Ratcliff is a photographer, artist, writer, and adventurer. Trey’s images and stories capture the beauty of exotic travel destinations and the humor of the bizarre situations he often finds himself in. There is always something new, unexpected and beautiful to see. Each day, Trey posts a new photo to his website, StuckInCustoms.com, which receives over one million monthly page views. Trey’s photos have been viewed over 37 Billion times and his YouTube videos over 5 million times. He currently has over 13 million combined social media followers via Google+, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Trey was recently named one of the top 10 influential photographers on the Internet. He is best known as a pioneer in HDR photography. The resulting images are richly detailed and more closely resemble what you recall of the scene in your mind. His photo, “Fourth on Lake Austin”, was the first HDR photograph to hang in the Smithsonian. He has taught many thousands of people the secrets to his techniques via his widely popular tutorials. Trey grew up blind in one eye, which changed the way he has come to experience and visually map the world. This, combined with his degree in computer science and math, has shaped his unique, algorithm-like, approach to capturing a scene that evokes more palpable memories. Trey is regularly interviewed on major networks around the world including the BBC, ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX. He’s also been in many of the major print publications including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and the Financial Times. Trey is also a successful entrepreneur. His endeavors include popular iOS and Android apps such as 100CamerasIn1, Stuck On Earth, The Light Camera, and the Photo Voyages of Trey Ratcliff. In addition, he launched Flatbooks.com, a growing eBook publisher and The Arcanum, a magical academy for artistic mastery. Resources: Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for . Click here to download Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort. You can do this by visiting or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via . You can follow Ibarionex on and .

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0:00.0	This is Ibrahiminex and this is The Candid Frame.
0:22.8	Though it's common today to learn about a photographer because of their blog, podcast, or YouTube channel,
0:29.9	that wasn't the case when Trey Radcliffe began posting images and articles on his blog stuck in customs over a decade ago.
0:39.8	He was one of a few creatives who leveraged the power of the internet and social media to create a career unlike anything
0:45.0	that had come before. His embracing of HDR for his travel and landscape photography
0:50.9	inspired photographers all over the world, but also drew the scorn of many
0:56.0	who disliked the look of these heavily processed images. But he managed to create a photographic
1:01.7	career that wasn't tied to only a single photographic technique. He has continued to educate and
1:07.8	inspire photographers to pursue their passions and lead a creative life.
1:13.6	But despite the recognition and the claim he's received, he struggles just like anyone else
1:18.6	to find the time to feed his hunger to be creative.
1:22.6	I think there's three things that are impossible to schedule for. Well, One is having a baby. Two is taking a vacation
1:30.9	and three is making time to take photos. There's never a good time for any of it because you can
1:36.1	always make a case, let's wait one more year before we have a baby. Then we'll have more money.
1:41.4	We'll be more stable and you get like, let's wait one more year.
1:44.5	Humans are not good at planning these important things.
1:48.6	Same with a vacation.
1:49.7	You're like, oh my God, what has it now?
1:52.9	20, you're like, should I plan a vacation for September of 2019?
1:57.7	11 months, but that seems ridiculous, right?
2:00.2	It seems ridiculous. Say like, oh, I'm going to set
2:01.9	aside a week. Because it also seems a little selfish, like, I should probably be working.
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