Hello John,
> I have been trying to produce my first presentation using org-mode and
> ox-beamer export to create a pdf. I am not seeing separate frames for
> each slide. For example, using the Beamer Example (12.5.6) from the
> org-mode manual, I get the following generated .tex file.
>
> There are only \subsection{} generated, instead of the \begin{frame}
> that is expected.
To me, this looks like you used the LaTeX export commands instead of the
beamer export commands.
http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-export-commands.html#Beamer-export-commands
Best,
Josiah