The Candid Frame #153 - Robert Rodriguez Jr.

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2012

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Robert Rodriguez Jr. was trained as a musician, Robert graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 1990 and was a music producer for 12 years before transitioning to landscape photography and the desire to spend as much time in nature. With visual story telling, he discovered the potential to express a more creative and personal vision. Focusing on the Hudson Valley allowed Robert to discover not only beautiful landscapes often taken for granted, but the changing mood and character of the region. Seeking to capture the beauty, or convey the emotional qualities of a place or moment in nature, his images have elicited responses ranging from evocative, to spiritual and breathtaking. He frequently travels beyond in search of other dramatic and unique locations, including New England, the southwest, and Canada. Robert takes pride in a hands on approach to creating his expressive prints, working on every stage, from the initial exposure and processing, to printing and framing. His prints have been purchased by private collectors and commercial clients throughout North America. www.thecandidframe.com thecandidframe@gmail.com

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0:00.0	This is Eibody and X, and this is The Candid Frame.
0:12.9	If you've been listening to the show for any period of time, you'll recognize that there's a real diversity that exists here on this show.
0:22.2	They are photojournalists, they're portrait photographers, their nature and wildlife photographers.
0:28.2	They're people who shoot film, some who shoot digitally.
0:31.5	They're people who shoot Canon or Nikon or Olympus.
0:35.9	Regardless of the differences that may exist between all these different photographers,
0:40.5	they have a lot of things in common.
0:43.7	And beyond their shared passion for photography,
0:46.5	I think the one thing that links them all is a consistent commitment
0:51.7	to keep their promises to themselves.
0:55.1	And by that, I mean not just a promise to go out and shoot with any regularity.
1:00.2	It's also about keeping the promise to say, I am going to commit to this thing.
1:05.9	I'm not just going to pick up a camera every three or four months.
1:09.0	I'm going to make the effort to create
1:11.8	images as much as possible. That the time I'm going to be researching and dedicating is not
1:18.1	just going to be reading about the latest piece of equipment, but learning how to see, learning
1:23.8	how to refine my vision so that I can make the best image possible.
1:28.2	And today's guest, Robert Rodriguez Jr. is a shining example of that.
1:33.2	He's a photographer who's largely self-taught and who's created a wonderful professional
1:38.1	career for himself as a landscape and a nature photographer.
1:43.1	And his story, I think, is a good example, regardless of whether or not you practice this
1:48.0	genre of photography, to understand what it means to be able to really make a creative
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