Thomas Hawk and I had a great time this past Wednesday with panelists Chris Chabot, Jan Kabili, Joe Azure, Karen Hutton, Keith Barrett, and our special guest Tom Hogarty, Adobe Lightroom Product Manager.

We discussed news stories, including 20 Pro Tips for Photographers on Google+ (http://goo.gl/2tLsx), the new Android Powered Nikon, and hidden view counts for your photos on Google+ (hint: you have to go to Picasa).

Tom gave us some cool demos in LR4 and answered questions for us about everyone’s favorite photo editing program. If you’re not using Lighroom 4, well, you should be.

After you watch the show, enter our contest to win one of two copies of Lightroom 4 from Adobe (each will come with a free copy of Trey Ratcliff‘s new and amazing LR4 Presets!). To enter all you need to do is make a post on Google+ and tell us either: your favorite feature we discussed on the show, make a feature request, or talk about how you will use LR4 if you win it. You must include the hashtag #LightroomPlus  in your post. You have until next Wednesday when we’ll pick the two best and announce those winners on our show that day at 8PM Pacific.

Congratulations to Billy Wilson, who won a copy of LR4 and Trey’s presets live on the show, courtesy of SmugMug (who also threw in a free year of their Pro Service) because they are one of our fantastic sponsors, who are also well integrated with Lightroom. We love them!

Big thanks to our other amazing sponsors, Adorama / http://adorama.com, Drobo / http://drobo.com, and Blurb Books / http://blurb.com

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Please join Thomas Hawk and myself http://vidcastnetwork.com tonight at 8PM Pacific with a fabulous panel - Jan Kabili, Chris Chabot, Karen Hutton, Joe Azure, Keith Barrett  (and some possible surprise guests) as well as our special guest Tom Hogarty! We’ll discuss news stories including the new Android powered Nikon, Pro Tips for Photographers on G+, the hidden photo view count and more! Then we’ll have a discussion and demo with Tom Hogarty about Lightroom 4. Need more? We’ll be letting you know how you can win one of 3 copies of LR4, a year of SmugMug Pro, as well as Trey Ratcliff‘s new LR4 presets!

Thanks to our amazing sponsors SmugMug http://smugmug.com, Adorama http://adorama.com, Drobo http://drobo.com, and Blurb Books http://blurb.com - they all rock! :)

Make sure to join the chatroom live as we broadcast at http://vidcastnetwork.com/chat so you can talk to us during the show. See you there at 8PM Pacific!

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If you missed it last week live, watch it here now! Thomas Hawk and I were joined by our lovely and talented special guest, Kelli Seeger Kim as well as panelists Anna Nguyen, Jeff Moreau, Mark Rodriguez, Timothy Jordan, and Milena Ilieva. (Keith Barrett was feeling sick, but he still broadcasted for us, even though he couldn’t panel – he is always awesome!)

We discussed several stories including new Google+ features (vanity URLS, slideshows, album downloads), the release of the new Canon 6D, new photo sharing site Medium, and the Portland Press Herald stealing a woman’s flickr photos and then paying her for them when caught (and more). Afterwards, we interviewed Kelli Seeger Kim, learning more about her photography and getting to look at it up close, discover what drives her passion and what she’s planning for the future.

Thank you so much to our amazing sponsors who support the show and the photography community. Check em’ out! SmugMug http://smugmug.com, Blurb Books http://blurb.com, Adorama http://adorama.com, and Drobo http://drobo.com

And make sure you tune into http://vidcastnetwork.com tomorrow night at 8PM Pacific when our special guest will be Lightroom Product Manager Tom Hogarty! We’ll be talking about Lightroom 4 and you’ll even have the chance to win one of two free copies to be given away, as well as a chance to win Trey Ratcliff‘s amazing new Lightroom 4 presets, available here: http://www.stuckincustoms.com/lightroom-presets/ Watch the show to find out how. :) See you there tomorrow night!

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Thomas Hawk and I were joined by special guest Mike Spinak on this fabulous episode of Photo Talk Plus. Mike is a nature and landscape photographer who also enjoys capturing real moments in the lives of friends and family – natural portraiture. The three of us along with panelists Barry Blanchard, Patricia Davidson, Vivienne Gucwa and Keith Barrett discussed various stories including Trey Ratcliff‘s new Lightroom 4 Presets, removal of black bars from photos in the Google+ stream, the first color image of Mars, the hacking of Mat Honan including permanent loss of the first year of photos of his daughter, and more.

During the second half of the show we got in-depth with Mike about his photographic journey (including his love interest and dark room experience), processing strategies, and projects that he’s working on currently and has planned for the future, as well as viewing some of his beautiful work. Mike’s book “Growing Up Humming” is available soon and if you place a preorder you will be eligible to receive 20% off the eBook (send a message via the contact form on naturography.com).

As always, huge thanks to our sponsors who support our show every week so we can keep bringing great content to our viewers. We are so lucky to have some of the most amazing sponsors out there – SmugMug (http://smugmug.com) - photo hosting and sharing that’s so much more with amazing customer service, the best profit for photographers around and beautiful website options. Find images from other photographers, and store your own in the cloud for extra safety. These guys do it well and it shows that they genuinely love photography. Adorama (http://adorama.com) - the best deals on camera equipment and unrivaled customer service from a company that gets the community and is always involved with photography learning, products, and support. Drobo (http://drobo.com) - it’s not a matter of whether your hard drives will fail, it’s when. It will happen to everyone,  but with a Drobo you have a self healing storage solution that delivers room for your data along with a huge and invaluable thing called peace of mind. Finally, Blurb Books (http://blurb.com), the best place on the web to take your projects and elevate them to the next level with a beautifully printed book – there’s just something special about having your work all together in one place that you can hold in your hand. For example, check out Brad Sloan‘s book, Visions of Metropolis. These are all high quality sponsors that we love (and we’re picky!) so visit them and see how well they serve and support the photography community.

And stay tuned for our next show. We had a great time interviewing Kelli Seeger Kim last night – check out YouTube to watch now or look for the post here soon.

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Join Thomas Hawk and me, Lotus Carroll, http://vidcastnetwork.com tonight at 8PM Pacific as we’re joined by panelists Anna Nguyen, Timothy Jordan, Milena Ilieva, Jeff Moreau, Mark Rodriguez, Keith Barrett and special guest Kelli Seeger Kim! We’ll be discussing some of the past week’s photography stories and then we’ll get to know Kelli a bit more intimately. And you know you want to. :)

Mad Love to our fantastic sponsors who not only support our show, but the photography community as a whole. We truly dig them and know you will too if you check them out – go say hi and see what they’re all about!
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Adorama / http://adorama.com
Drobo / http://drobo.com
Blurb Books / http://blurb.com (Did you know Rob Lowe works for them? He pretends his name is Daniel Milnor)

Make sure you join the chatroom http://vidcastnetwork.com/chat during the broadcast so you can talk to us and our other viewers live during the show. See you all there at 8PM Pacific Tonight!

Thanks to our sponsors! Erik Pounds from Drobo http://drobo.com was on the show live to talk to us about storage (important to every photographer) and show us the different types of drobos. Be sure to check out their newest products: Drobo 5D with Thunderbolt Connectivity & Drobo Mini! Thanks also to our other amazing sponsors, Adorama http://adorama.com, Blurb Books http://blurb.com, and SmugMug http://smugmug.com. They are all great additions to our photography community (we’re picky about our sponsors!), offering service and support. Check them out!

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Join Thomas Hawk and myself http://vidcastnetwork.com at 8PM Pacific tonight as we welcome guest Mike Spinak and panelists Chris Chabot,Patricia Davidson, Barry Blanchard, and Keith Barrett!

The photo above is one that Mike has told me is one of his favorites I’ve ever shared, and I think that’s because of his philosophy about capturing real moments in life, something I also relish. We’ll learn more about Mike tonight, including his nature photography and projects he’s been working on.

Make sure you give some love to our amazing sponsors Adorama http://adorama.com, Blurb Books http://blurb.com, Drobo http://drobo.com and SmugMug http://smugmug.com

While we’re on, get in the chatroom at http://vidcastnetwork.com/chat so that you can hangout and talk with us and other viewers live! See you all there at 8PM Pacific! :)

What a great show we had last night with the one and only godfather of light painting and night photography Mr. Lost America Troy Paiva.

In last night’s show we talked all about Troy’s work — his technique, his gear, his social engineering, his workshops, and lots of other tips on how you can make these sorts of photographs yourself. For a more thorough run down on all of Troy’s tips and techniques be sure to get a copy of his third book “Light Painted Night Photography” on Trey Ratcliff’s Flatbooks store. Also be sure and check out Troy’s work at his website http://lostamerica.com.

Joining Lotus Carroll and myself last night were Keith Barrett, Ricardo Lagos, Amy Heiden, Scott Frederick and Ian Ference.

We also discussed the new Canon mirrorless camera, Scott Jarvie’s upcoming Photography Decathlon, the winner of our SmugMug / Blurb Books photo project contest Jordana Wright, a wedding photographer who is being threatened with a $300,000 lawsuit, the new Epson V700 scanner that I ordered from Adorama yesterday, a photo by Alex Koloskov and lots more!

Thanks as always to our AWESOME sponsors Adorama, Blurb Books, Drobo and SmugMug. Be sure to check them out at http://adorama.com, http://blurb.com, http://drobo.com and http://smugmug.com

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Tonight’s Photo Talk Plus is going to be AWESOME!!!! We have none other than the pioneer and godfather of abandoned night photography himself Troy Paiva as our special guest.

Troy has been making amazing light painted night photographs for over two decades. Along the way he’s published three books and published thousands of photgraphs online, including many at his website http://lostamerica.com Troy’s documented the out of the way, abandoned California desert in ways that few others will ever come close to. He regularly holds workshops on his well regarded technique.

Troy has long been a big influence of mine and it’s his distinctive night scenes that have encouraged me to pursue some of this type of work of my own (like this image of a submarine on Mare Island here).

We will have some wonderful panelists joining Lotus Carroll and I tonight to help interview Troy who also are greats themselves in abandoned photography including Sly Vegas, Scott Frederick, Amy Heiden, Ian Ference, Ricardo Lagos and as always Vidcast Network’s wonderful host Keith Barrett.

We will also have some interesting stories on this week’s show including the new Canon mirrorless camera, the winner of our Blurb Books / SmugMug photo project giveway, an update on Scott Jarvie’s Photography Decathlon, a story about a wedding photographer who was threatened by a lawyer with a $300,000 lawsuit, and tips on how to maximize the potential of your photo posts on Google+.

Thanks as always to our wonderful sponsors Adorama, Blurb Books, Drobo and SmugMug! Be sure to check them out at http://adorama.com http://blurb.com http://drobo.com and http://smugmug.com

We had a wonderful time on Wednesday night hanging out with photographer Daniel Milnor.  Dan shared with us some of his own personal projects as well as discussed his role in working for Blurb Books – a very interesting interview you won’t want to miss.

Joining Lotus Carroll and myself was an awesome line up of panelists including Athena Carey (live from Austin!), Google Photos’ Dave Cohen Mike Spinak Vivienne Gucwa and Vidcast Network‘s Keith Barrett.

During this episode we talk about Marissa Mayer‘s new job as Yahoo Chief and what that might mean for Flickr, a recent satisfaction study that shows users prefer Google+ over Facebook, Google+’s impressive 43% gain in U.S. unique user  traffic per compete.com last month, what is claimed to be the world’s most famous photograph and a photograph that Joel Tjintjelaar spent over 80 hours working on.

As always, thank you to our fantastic sponsors Adorama Blurb Books Drobo and SmugMug!  Be sure to check them out athttp://adorama.com http://blurb.com http://drobo.com and http://smugmug.com

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Join Thomas Hawk and me http://vidcastnetwork.com at 8PM Pacific for EP31 of Photo Talk Plus with a great group – we’ll have panelists Athena Carey, Dave Cohen, Vivienne Gucwa, Mike Spinak, and Keith Barrett of Vidcast Network and our special guest, Photographer Daniel Milnor.

Make sure you tune in and hear us talk about some great news stories, interview Dan, and tell you how you can enter to win a prize package including a free year of SmugMug Pro and Blurb Books book (details tonight on the show). These are two of our amazing sponsors, and they continue to support us and offer fun things for you guys!

Big thanks also to our other sponsors Adorama (we’ll be talking about their awesome BlographHer event http://www.adorama.com/blographer) and Drobo http://drobo.com Circle them on Google+!

Make sure that you join us in the chatroom http://vidcastnetwork.com/chatduring the show so that you can hang out with us while we broadcast live. See you all there at 8PM Pacific tonight!

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Photo Talk Plus, Episode 30!!!! Wow, we made it to 30 episodes! We had a GREAT show last night on Photo Talk Plus with the one and only Brian Matiash from onOne Software. Brian talked about his role with onOne and we had a great time going through some of his impressive photos on the show as well.

Joining Lotus Carroll and myself were panelists Keith Barrett, Google’s Events Product Manager Zach Yeskel, Karen Hutton, Kerry Murphy and Jan Kabili.

Catherine Hall made a guest appearance as well to talk about her new video show coming out Photography Unfiltered. We also had a few extras pop in including the ever present Billy Wilson and his cat Tibby as well as Brian Matiash‘s leading lady Nicole S. Young.

Brian Matiash has a wonderful processing style and I especially enjoyed going through some of his urbex photos and learning more about how and where he made them.

Last night’s stories included, the new G+ iPad app, +Catherine Hall’s new show, changes made to the “Get Started” G+ list for photographers, PHOTIGY’s HDR Processing contest, the new incredibly expensive Cintiq 24 inch HD Touch tablet, and Issue #2 of Exposed – G+ Photography Journal.

Lotus showed off her awesome new Canon 100mm f/2.8 L series lens (which I also own and LOVE too and shot like crazy shooting macros at the Denver botanical garden) and which you should totally go and buy from Adorama right now here!!!

As always, thank you to everyone who watched live and participated in the chat room as well as our amazing show sponsors who we love dearly, Adorama, Blurb Books, Drobo, and SmugMug.

Be sure to check them out at http://adorama.com http://blurb.com http://drobo.com and http://smugmug.com

Join us next week when we interview the incredible Daniel Milnor!!!

Join Thomas Hawk and me tonight http://vidcastnetwork.com at 8PM Pacific for another great episode! We’ll have Brian Matiash, Photographer and onOne Software EDU Manager, as our special guest along with a wonderful lineup of panelists: Zach Yeskel of Google+ Events, Jan Kabili, Karen Hutton, Kerry Murphy, and Keith Barrett of Vidcast Network.

Jump in the chatroom at http://vidcastnetwork.com/chat so that you can hang out with us live while we broadcast… and also for your chance to win a free copy of OnOne Photo Editing Software! Woot!

Thanks so much as always to our amazing sponsors who support us and you guys! Blurb Books http://blurb.com SmugMug http://smugmug.com Adorama http://adorama.com and Drobo http://drobo.com We’re picky about our sponsors and these are worth checking out. :)

Make sure you head over to http://blurb.com and use the special promo code PHOTOTALK for 20% off your order through July* - Blurb Books  extended the deal for you guys for another month because they’re that awesome. :)

See you guys tonight at 8PM Pacific!

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Well we had a fantastic show last week interviewing the one and only Chrysta Rae who so many of you know and love on Google+. We talked with Chrysta about her own work as well as her work as one of the great Google+ curators with her wildly popular Scavenger Hunt.

Not only has Chrysta broken G+ is some truly epic ways, she has introduced us to so many great photographers each month with her hunt.

Joining Lotus Carroll and myself for this show were panelists Keith Barrett, Mandy Sloan, Alan Shapiro, Daniel Milnor and Lynne Goodwin.

In this episode we revisit the The Google+ One Year Anniversary Photowalk and talk about the walks that we went on, including mine in Denver, CO and Lotus’ in Austin, The July Scavenger Hunt, Trey Ratcliff’s Top 5 Tips for photographing people, Colby Brown’s Heart of a Sunflower and Ron Clifford’s post about photographing fireworks.

Thanks as always to our wonderful show sponsors SmugMug, Blurb Books, Drobo and Adorama. Be sure to check these awesome companies out at http://smugmug.com http://blurb.com http://drobo.com and http://adorama.com

Join us this Wednesday night when our special guest for Episode 30 will be Adobe’s Lightroom Product Manager Tom Hogarty. Tom’s going to talk about what’s new in Lightroom and hopefully what may be in store for the future from the web’s most popular image processing software company.

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Join Thomas Hawk and myself tonight at 8PM Pacific http://vidcastnetwork.com for what is sure to be an amazing EP29 with guest Chrysta Rae of Google+ Scavenger Hunt Fame, and a fantastic lineup of panelists: Alan Shapiro, Lynne Goodwin, Mandy Sloan, Chris Chabot, Daniel Milnor, and Keith Barrett of Vidcast Network. Whoa – you can’ t miss this one!

Thanks so much to our wondertastic sponsors SmugMug http://smugmug.com, Drobo http://drobo.com, Adorama http://adorama.com and Blurb Books http://blurb.com We love each of these sponsors and the way they support our photography community. Make sure you check them out and circle them up!

Be in the chatroom tonight http://vidcastnetwork.com/chat to talk with us while we broadcast live and you’ll also have a chance to win a free 20×20 Framed Print from SmugMug - Yippee! :)

See you all at 8PM Pacific tonight!

What a great show with special guest Jordana Wright and panelists Jordan Oram, Petra Cross, Shantha Marie Fountain, Cheryl Cooper, & Keith Barrett.

Thanks to our fabulous sponsors Drobo, SmugMug, Blurb Books, & Adorama!

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Join Thomas Hawk and me tonight http://vidcastnetwork.com at 8PM Pacific for EP28 with panelists Petra Cross, Jordan Oram, Shantha Marie Fountain, Cheryl Cooper, & Keith Barrett of Vidcast Network and wonderful guest Jordana Wright!

Thanks so much to our amazing sponsors, Drobo http://drobo.com, Blurb Books http://blurb.com, SmugMug http://smugmug.com, and Adorama http://adorama.com - we love them and the way they support our show and the photography community on Google+ and in general. Check them out!

Don’t forget that through June 30th you can get 20% of your total order from Blurb Books by using code PHOTOTALK (fine print below)*

When you tune in tonight make sure you join us in the chatroom http://vidcastnetwork.com/chat so you can hang with us live while you watch. See you all at 8PM Pacific!

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Lotus Carroll and I had a GREAT time last night interviewing the wonderful Tamara Pruessner. Some of you know Tamara through her photo work on Google+ as well as her work as one of the hosts on the photography video show Life Through the Lens. Tamara talked about her photography work as a storm chaser, her work with flowers and her future plans in the upcoming year.

Panelists for last night show included Scott Jarvie, Tara Romasanta, roma g, and Keith Barrett.

Last night’s topics included the Google+ “Get Started List” (I think we all agreed that Scott Jarvie should be added to it), how Meagan Kunert ruined her career, Louis Gray’s post “Pictures or it Didn’t Happen,” and a few new Google+ enhancements added yesterday.

Congratulations to Billy Wilson who correctly identified that Lotus Carroll was the first guest ever on Life Through the Lens and won a one-year SmugMug Basic Account subscription.

Thanks to everyone who showed up for last night’s show and we can’t wait to interview Jordana Wright next week, fresh off of her America by Rail photography tour!

Thanks as always to our wonderful show sponsors, Adorama, Blurb Books and SmugMug. Be sure to check them out at http://adorama.com, http://blurb.com and http://smugmug.com!

Join us tonight http://vidcastnetwork.com for another fantastic episode of Photo Talk Plus at 8PM Pacific. Cohost Thomas Hawk and I are joined by wonderful panelists Scott Jarvie, Tara Romasanta, Roma G, the always awesome Keith Barrett of Vidcast Network and fabulous guest Tamara Pruessner, curator of #FloralFriday .

Thanks so much to our wonderful sponsors! Adorama http://adorama.com(check out their amazing Street Fair Deals ending this Sunday here:http://goo.gl/bqzWn), Blurb Books http://blurb.com (20% off your order through 06/30/12 with code PHOTOTALK)* and SmugMug http://smugmug.com

Join us in the chatroom tonight at http://vidcastnetwork.com/chat to be with us live while we broadcast. One lucky chat member will win a free SmugMug Basic Subscription!

See you all at 8PM Pacific! :)

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Well last night we had another great episode of Photo Talk Plus with the one and only Sly Vegas as our special guest. Sly talks about how as a recent newcomer to photography he has been able to advance the skills that are necessary to begin working as a professional photographer and getting paid for his work.

Joining myself and Lotus Carroll are panelists Robin Griggs Wood, Keith Barrett, Jon Armstrong and Richard Hay.

In addition to giving away a $500 Adorama Gift Card (congratulations are in order to Cameron Siguenza!) we discussed the new MacBook Pro announced last week (mine’s on order!), the difference between CF and SD camera cards, upcoming photowalks including one in San Francisco this Sunday, the planning for a second G+ photo trip to Death Valley, and 65 photowalks now scheduled for June 30th for the 1 year Google+ Anniversary. We also talked about Jay Patel’s post about how photos from the iPhone will impact the photography business.

Thanks to everyone who watched live last night and who support the show in the Vidcast Network chat room!

Thanks as always to our fantastic and supportive sponsors Adorama, Blurb Books and SmugMug! Be sure and follow them all on Google+ and check them all out at http://adorama.com http://blurb.com and http://smugmug.com

Be sure and tune in next week when we interview the one and only Patrick Di Fruscia!

Join Thomas Hawk and myself tonight at http://vidcastnetwork.com at 8PM Pacific for EP26 with our special guest Sly Vegas and wonderful panelists Jon Armstrong, Richard Hay, Kora Foto Morgana, Robin Griggs Wood, and Keith Barrett of Vidcast Network.

Thanks to our amazing sponsors, Adorama (check out their great deals this week: http://goo.gl/6uOqB),  Blurb Books http://blurb.com, & SmugMug http://smugmug.com!

In fact, we’ll be celebrating our first show with Adorama as our sponsor, and to kick things off, they will be graciously giving away a $500 +Adorama Gift Card to one of our live viewers. So get into the chatroom at http://vidcastnetwork.com/chat live during the show for a chance to win!*

Super excited and looking forward to seeing all of you tonight!

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Lotus Carroll and I are SUPER excited to announce that Adorama has joined Photo Talk Plus as a sponsor for our show.

When we started the show we decided that we would limit the number of sponsors that we’d accept to four. All four companies had to be companies that we both naturally enthusiastically used and that we would feel happy supporting and personally endorsing. Adorama is definitely that type of company. I’ve bought lots of gear from Adorama over the years myself and have found them to always have consistent low prices and GREAT customer service. Our other two sponsors SmugMug and Blurb Books equally are companies that both Lotus and I can stand behind and personally endorse.

Many in the photo community know Joel Meisels who has been Adorama’s public face to the photo community for a long time. Joel has been an instrumental advocate for photography in social media working for Adorama and Lotus and I are excited that we’ll get to work with him more now.

Another Adorama great is Helen Oster. Helen actually personally assisted me in getting my Canon 5D Mark II a few years back when I hadn’t been able to get one for months. Helen has provided amazing service to photographers over the years and is great at engaging with social media for the company.

To kick off our new relationship with Adorama, *we will be giving away a $500 Adorama gift card live to one of our viewers on tomorrow night’s show.* Be sure to tune in at 8PM PST when we interview the one and only Sly Vegas. Joining Sly will be panelists Richard Hay kora foto morgana Robin Griggs Wood Jon Armstrong and Keith Barrett.

And the next time you need to buy anything camera related check out http://adorama.com where you will get a great price and great service on whatever you might need.

We had a super great show with Catherine Hall as the special interview guest! Joining cohost Thomas Hawk and myself were wonderful panelists Ricardo Lagos, Chrysta Rae, Jeff Smith, Mel Piefer, and Keith Barrett of Vidcast Network.

During the show we talked about Venus crossing the sun, the Charity Print Sale to raise money for Lee Daniels, Scott Jarvie’s Photo Decathlon, Drink And Click™ Photowalks, and Circle Sharing on Google+. We also interviewed Catherine and learned more about her job as cohost on TWiT Photo as well as her own life and professional photography work. You can find Catherine on Google+ as well as her website, Catherine Hall Studios.

Thanks to our fabulous sponsors, SmugMug who continue to be the best place to sell your photos online, and Blurb the best way to make books. Right now, Blurb is offering a special deal to all our viewers! Valid through June 30th, use the code PHOTOTALK good for 20% savings* Yay! :)

*Offer valid through June 30, 2012 11:59 p.m. (local time). A 20% discount is applied toward your product total. Maximum discount is USD $150, GBP £75, EUR €100, CAD $150, or AUD $150 off product total. Valid for printed books only. This offer is good for one-time use, and cannot be combined with volume discounts, other promotional codes, gift cards, or used for adjustments on previous orders.

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Join us tonight on http://vidcastnetwork.com live at 8PM Pacific for another great episode of Photo Talk Plus. Tonight cohost Thomas Hawk and I are joined by panelists Ricardo Lagos, Chrysta Rae, Jeff Smith, Mel Piefer, Keith Barrett of Vidcast Network and wonderful guest Catherine Hall.

Catherine is TWiT Photo host & producer as well as a professional photographer. In addition to Google+ you can find her at her website, Catherine Hall Studios.

Thanks to our fabulous sponsors, SmugMug who continue to be the best place to sell your photos online, and Blurb the best way to make books. Right now, Blurb is offering a special deal to all our viewers! Valid through June 30th, use the code PHOTOTALK good for 20% savings* Yay! :)

When you come see us tonight at 8PM Pacific, make sure you jump into the chatroom also at http://vidcastnetwork.com/chat so that you can hang with us while we broadcast live. See you there!

*Offer valid through June 30, 2012 11:59 p.m. (local time). A 20% discount is applied toward your product total. Maximum discount is USD $150, GBP £75, EUR €100, CAD $150, or AUD $150 off product total. Valid for printed books only. This offer is good for one-time use, and cannot be combined with volume discounts, other promotional codes, gift cards, or used for adjustments on previous orders.

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We had a great time hanging out last night for Episode 24 of Photo Talk Plus. Our special guest was Petra Cross who is an amazing and talented photographer (and Googler too!). The show is in two parts because we lost audio at one point. This first half is of last night’s news stories and the second part focuses on an interview with Petra about her amazing work.

Thanks to my cohost Thomas Hawk, and our wonderful lineup of panelists from last night including Mark Esguerra Keith Barrett Juan Gonzalez Ivan Makarov Shannon S. Myers and Julie Jamieson. Thank you also to everyone who watched live and contributed to the vibrant chat room conversation during the show. We appreciate the support!

Thank you also to our great sponsors Blurb Books http://blurb.com and SmugMug http://smugmug.com. Be sure to add them to your circles and check them out!

Join us tonight at 8PM Pacific on Vidcast Network for EP24 with wonderful guest, Petra Cross. Petra is a Googler and photographer who has been making some really interesting stop motion videos lately. The one above chronicles her trip to Paris – wow, 2000 photos in only 3 minutes! During the show tonight, we’ll share her most recent video that gives us the Google+ Photographer’s Conference experience in one quick slice. We’ll also talk to Petra about her photography and more. Joining us is a wonderful panel including cohost Thomas Hawk, photographers Juan Gonzalez, Mark Esguerra, Julie Jamison, Shannon S. Myers, and Keith Barrett of Vidcast Network.

Thanks to our fantastic sponsors Blurb Books and SmugMug! Be sure to visit Blurb for 25% off books until May 31st (hurry!) when you use the code GROW.

See you all tonight! Be sure to hop into the chatroom at http://vidcastnetwork.com/chat so you can hang out with us while we broadcast live!

“For a little inspiration, check out the featured book, Garden Poetry, and let the creativity bloom!”

Blurb Books is one of the amazing sponsors of Photo Talk Plus - chosen carefully because cohost Thomas Hawk and I value their work and believe in them. We wouldn’t recommend them otherwise.

If you order a book with this discount, let me know! I’d love to see the finished product. :)

Cohost Thomas Hawk and I were thriled to be joined by panelists Jordana Wright, Eustace James, Gino Barasa, Sharon Strandskov, Keith Barrett of Vidcast Network and our fabulous special guest, Mike Shaw.  During the show, I gave some updates on the Google+ Photographer’s Conference, where I was broadcasting live from the second floor of the Novellus Theatre at Yerba Buena Gardens Conference Center (and almost getting kicked out at the beginning, but really getting kicked towards the end). We also discussed Jordana & Cassius Wright’s America By Rail Photowalk Project a bit as Jordana tried valiantly to stay in the hangout from her train.

Mike talked about his life and his experience with photography, something very personal and which you don’t want to miss, so check out the video above!

Thanks to our amazing sponsors, Blurb Books http://blurb.com and SmugMug http://smugmug.com. We love their products and services, as well as the way they support our photography community. Visit them and say hi!

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Here’s the Photo Talk Plus Extra that we filmed on May 3rd  with Thomas Hawk live, on location at SmugMug Headquarters. Chris MacAskill (aka Baldy) leads the tour, and you can also see Don MacAskill, Ivan Makarov, the adorable Katherine Cheng, & Markham Bennett (aka “Guns”) along the way – lots of the Smuggie Family! I love those huge photos on the walls, and I’m totally jealous of the chef. I want her to come live with me!

We love SmugMug – they are one of our show sponsors and not only do they help make our show possible, but they are such a great company for photographers and they support our community with excellent services and products. Make sure you check them out – you won’t be disappointed.

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Episode 22 of Photo Talk Plus is available to view on YouTube. Cohost Thomas Hawk and I had a great time interviewing Joe Azure, who is an all around great photographer and has taken amazing and iconic photos of the Golden Gate Bridge. He shared his experiences and advice with us about shooting the bridge, as well as other scenes and long exposure photography with filters.  Joe and our other wonderful panelists: Vincent Mo of Google Photos, Brad Sloan, Vivienne Gucwa, Suzanne Haggerty and Keith Barrett of Vidcast Network discussed a variety of topics including the new Google+ iPhone app, the NEX 7, and the top photos of the previous week.

Thanks, as always, to our sponsors SmugMug and Blurb Books, who make the show possible. Join us next Wednesday, live at 8PM Pacific at http://vidcastnetwork.com, for another episode with special guest Mike Shaw!

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Thanks to our super sponsors SmugMug http://smugmug.com and Blurb Books http://blurb.com who support the photography community and make our show possible. Circle them and check out their sites!

Make sure when you join us tonight at 8PM Pacific that you join the chatroom at http://vidcastnetwork.com/chat so you can ask questions and hang out with other viewers. Looking forward to seeing you there! :)

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Did you miss the live broadcast of EP21 with award winning photojournalist and head attorney for the NPPA Mickey Osterreicher? Fear not, you can watch the recorded version.

Cohost Thomas Hawk and I were joined by a wonderful panel including special guest Mickey Osterreicher as well as  Carlos Miller, Tamara Pruessner, Chris Chabot, and Sandra Parlow. The panel discussed recent stories including shooting the Super Moon, the recent rollout of Hangouts on Air to everyone on Google+, and an update on the Google+ One Year Anniversary Worldwide Photowalk. During our interview with Mickey, we talked about about the recent 7th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that restates your right to photograph the police as well as various photographer’s rights and legal questions. The discussion was interesting and informative – make sure you watch!

Go to http://vidcastnetwork.com tonight – after you watch LIFE Through The Lens stick around for Photo Talk Plus (usually airing on Wednesdays) at 8PM Pacific with Award Winning Photojournalist and Attorney for the National Press Photographer’s Association, Mickey Osterreicher.

What a great show it will be – come ready to ask Mickey all your photography/art/legal questions. We have an amazing panel available for discussion as well, including cohost Thomas Hawk, Photography Is Not A Crime Blogger Carlos Miller, Tamara Pruessner from LIFE Through The Lens, photographer Sandra Parlow, and Keith Barrett of  Vidcast Network.

Thanks to our wonderful sponsors, SmugMug http://smugmug.com and Blurb Books http://blurb.com! They provide great products and services for photographers. Thomas Hawk was at SmugMug HQ this past week and filmed a live hangout tour, which you can see here: http://youtu.be/licf7-4JxMo

So join us this evening and get in the chatroom with us at http://vidcastnetwork.com/chat and hang out at 8PM Pacific. Be ready with your questions for Mickey Osterreicher and our panel and to have a great time. See you all there!

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We’ll be discussing a handful of interesting photography topics from the past week, including the brand spankin’ new Google+ UI, as well as interviewingStar Rush. Don’t miss out! Join us at Vidcast Network http://vidcastnetwork.com and hop into the chat to make it extra fun. And hey, if you’re in the chat, you’ll have a chance to win a Book from Blurb Books and a Pro Account for a year from SmugMug - our other amazing sponsor!

We thank our awesome sponsors SmugMug and Blurb Books – we select our sponsors carefully and love them. Check them out!

See you all tonight!

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Well what a great episode we had last night on Photo Talk Plus. Our special guest for this week’s episode is New York City Photographer Vivienne Gucwa. Vivienne talks about her pasion, her work as a full time NYC photographer, her camera and shooting techniques and shares where you can get some of the tastiest noodles in New York City — no joke!

Joining Cohost Lotus Carroll and myself this week are panelists Eric Cheng (from Lytro), Ricardo Lagos (from Google), Photographer Christina Lawrie Vidcast Network’s Keith Barrett (who now has a new tech show that he hosts himself on Vidcast called Tech+ Hangout) Photographer Daniel Enloe and almost Mae Hogan (Mae had a difficult time connecting to the hangout but we are so having her back in a future episode — we may have Mae back in May, just kidding, hopefully next week).

Congratulations to Cameron Siguenza who won a Canon 5D Mark II courtesy of SmugMug during this broadcast. Other topics include the new Lightroom 4, the Canon 5D Mark III, an update on SmugMug’s new Awesomize Camera Awesome and information from Eric Cheng on the new Lytro camera and some upcoming photowalks.

Thanks as always to our great sponsors over at SmugMug and Drobo! Be sure to check them out at http://smugmug.com and http://drobo.com.

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Wow, what a great episode for camera tech episode 13 was for Photo Talk Plus In this episode we talk with the one and only Robert Scoble about the latest trends emerging in camera technology. Topics include the latest and hottest new iPhone Camera App Camera Awesome, the new Lytro lightfield camera, the Canon 5D Mark III, 3D camera technology and more.

Cohost Lotus Carroll joins a knock out group of panelists including Natalie Villalobos from Google+, SmugMug Co-Founder, CEO and Chief Geek Don MacAskill, Camera Labs‘ Editor Gordon Laing, photographer Karen Hutton, and Vidcast Network’s Keith Barrett.

Another great episode and thanks to our sponsors SmugMug and Drobo! Be sure to check them out at http://smugmug.com and http://drobo.com.

Well then you are in luck! Because we are giving one away, courtesy of SmugMug, next Wednesday night live on Photo Talk Plus.

Want to learn how you can win it? Then tune in and join us tonight at 8PM PST LIVE on the Vidcast Network for an epic interview with the one and only Robert Scoble.

Robert and I go way back from the days of our photo walking videos and tonight’s hangout should be a great one. Tonight we’ll be talking about SmugMug’s new awesomest iPhone camera app Camera Awesome, the brand new Lytro lightfield camera announced today, an update on Sunday’s huge Trey Ratcliff / Tom Anderson hosted photowalk down in Los Angeles, all the latest from the rumor mill on the rumored to be imminently released (this Friday) new Canon 5D, Mark III, and much, much more.

Joining me tonight as always will be my lovely cohost Lotus Carroll, along with panelists Don MacAskill from SmugMug, Natalie Villalobos from Google, The Vidcast Network’s Keith Barrett, Camera Labs’ own Gordon Laing and LIFE Through the Lens Host Karen Hutton.

Thanks as always to our great sponsors over at Drobo and SmugMug!

In this episode cohost +Lotus Carroll and myself interview the amazing G+ photographer +Teresa Stover

Teresa talks about shooting in West Virginia and shows us some of her beautiful self portrait work as well stunning landscapes and poignant underground photos of West Virginia coal miners. She talks about her history as a photographer, and both her in camera and processing techniques.

+Keith Barrett +Chris Chabot (from Google), +Niki Aguirre and +Ricardo Williams (BAMMMM!!) join as guest panelists for this great episode.

Other topics include, an update to Google+’s photo lightbox, the new +Ron Clifford +Jan Kabili Photoshop hangout show (every other Tuesday at 6pm PST), an interesting advert by Canon courtesy of your main man +Scott Jarvie an update on a massive photowalk taking place this Sunday in Los Angeles with +Trey Ratcliff and +Tom Anderson the new +Lytro camera, +Vivienne Gucwa’s new +SmugMug gallery page of prints for sale and much, much more.

As always thanks to our sponsors +SmugMug and +Drobo Be sure to check them out at http://smugmug.com and http://drobo.com

Also don’t miss this next week’s show on February 29th when we interview +Robert Scoble.

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Please join cohost Thomas Hawk and myself tonight at 8PM at Vidcast Network with our wonderful panelists Niki Aguirre,Chris Chabot, Ricardo Williams, and Keith Barrett as we discuss G+ photography top stories of the past week and interview our special guest, Teresa Stover!

Teresa is a skilled and highly artistic photographer who I was very pleased to come into contact with on Google+ this past year. Her self portraits are deep and emotional, often taking my breath away. Tonight we’ll talk to her and find out more about her, her process, and what drives her passion to create and share her work. Please join us at 8PM PST tonight and be ready to chat in the chatroom at Vidcast Network and tell us what you’d like to know about Teresa!

Thanks, as always, to our fabulous sponsors, +SmugMug and +Drobo who offer our show support and creative and practical solutions for photographers. Check them out at their websites http://smugmug.com and http://drobo.com

See you later tonight! :D

What a great episode of Photo Talk Plus. In this episode cohost Lotus Carroll and myself interview photographer and curator of the new Plus One Collection Book, Ivan Makarov.

Ivan gives all of the background on how this great book came into being and also shares with us some of his own work from here in the United States and also his home country of the Soviet Union.

Keith Barrett, Ricardo Lagos, Nick Gatens and Kerry Murphy join as guest panelists.

In addition to Ivan’s work and the Plus One Collection book, show topics include, Exposed, The G+ Photography Journal, Tom Anderson’s HDR work in Hawaii, the hot new photo bookmarking site Pinterest, and Google’s advertisement at the Grammy’s about using Google as a backup for your cellphone photos.

As always thanks to our sponsors SmugMug and Drobo. Be sure to check them out at http://smugmug.com and http://drobo.com

Also be sure and join us tomorrow night here again at 8PM PST Live when we interview Teresa Stover in Photo Talk Plus Episode 12!!!

Topics: +One Collection Limited Edition Exposed Google+ Photography Journal, Tom Anderson Photowalk, Pinterest, Google+ Instant Photo Upload Advert
Interview: Ivan Makarov

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Photo Talk Plus, Episode 11, With Special Guest Ivan Makarov

*TONIGHT!!!! 8PM PST — http://vidcastnetwork.com*

I took this photo at a wedding that I shot a while back with my good Pal Ivan Makarov. Ivan is our special guest tonight on Photo Talk Plus. In addition to talking about the latest Plus One Collection book that he’s spearheaded, he’s also going to be sharing a lot about his own work and techniques on the show.

Join my cohost Lotus Carroll along with this week’s panelists Google’s Ricardo Lagos, Kerry Murphy, Nick Gatens, and Keith Barrett, as we talk with Ivan about the upcoming book and his own work as well as discuss some of the biggest Google+ Photography stories of the past week.

This week’s show is sponsored by our wonderful sponsors SmugMug and Drobo. Be sure to check them out at http://smugmug.com and http://drobo.com!

What an amazing episode! For Episode 10 of Photo Talk Plus we interview fine art photographer Jaime Ibarra. Jaime’s unique in camera work and especially his post production work take color to great photographic heights. By the way, check out Jaime’s awesome SmugMug site where you can buy prints here.

Joining Lotus Carroll and myself to interview Jaime are panelists Joe Azure, Sly Vegas, Charli Blake, Jackie Freeman, Keith Barrett, Petra Cross (from Google), and Cliff Baise.

Trey Ratcliff also makes a surprise visit in the second half of the broadcast.

In this episode we talk about the New Nikon D800 and the new Canon 24-70 L Series lens, the winner of Chrysta Rae’s Scavenger hunt Kimberly Pemberton, an update on Carlos Miller’s arrest (including the video he was able to recover that the Miami PD allegedly deleted), and we talk about sensor cleaning techniques.

Thank you as always to our show sponsors SmugMug and Drobo! Be sure to check them out at http://smugmug.com and http://drobo.com.

Topics: +One Collection Limited Edition Launch, New Nikon Camera and Canon Lens, Carlos Miller Recovers Deleted Video, Sensor Cleaning
Interview: Jaime Ibarra

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Lotus Carroll and I had a fantastic time interviewing Carlos Miller of the famed Photography is Not a Crime blog for Episode 9 of Photo Talk Plus. Interestingly enough Carlos had just been arrested 24 hours earlier for photographing an Occupy Miami protest. This was Carlos’ third arrest for his photography (he beat the rap on the first two). Carlos has championed photographers rights since starting his blog which covers all sorts of photographer rights issues online.

In our interview with Carlos, he talks about the arrest and the fact that the police deleted his video footage of his arrest after arresting him. Unfortunately for the Miami PD, Carlos was able to retrieve the video footage that was deleted. (see below). In the recovered footage it clearly shows that there were other individuals filming the police activity and what appears to be Carlos’ being singled out for an arrest simply for participating in his Constitutionally protected 1st Amendment right to videotape the police.

In addition to our interview with Carlos we talked about some of the top weekly photography related stories from Google+ include Joe Azure’s spectacular 15 minute photograph of the Golden Gate Bridge, Google+’s unofficial 100 million user number projected by Paul Allen, Billy Wilson’s most interactive people on Google+ Circle. and an update on Ivan Makarov’s Plus One Collection book.

This episode’s panelists included Denise Ho from Google Photos, Eric James Leflar, Amy Heiden, Keith Barrett, and Peter Tsai.

Thanks as always to our sponsors SmugMug and Drobo. Be sure to check them out at http://smugmug.com and http://drobo.com!

Video of Carlos Miller’s arrest while covering an Occupy Miami protest

Topics: Carlos Miller Arrest, Shooting Same Thing by Joe Azure, Google+ Passes 100M Users, +One Collection 2011
Interview: Carlos Miller

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Wow, what a show we have in store for you tomorrow night! If you are not yet familiar with the work of Jaime Ibarra, he is not only one of the most followed accounts on Google+ he is one of the most talented working photographers out there shooting today. He works with models to produce super interesting cutting edge work using both in camera and post production techniques. Be sure and check out his work on Deviant Art as well, where he is one of the most popular photographers posting over there.

Join us for this special conversation with Jaime as well as a wrap up on all the best weekly Google+ Photography News.

Along with my cohost Lotus Carroll and myself tomorrow night will be our panelists Sly Vegas, Charli Blake, Cliff Baise, Petra Cross (from Google), Joe Azure, Jackie Freeman and the Vidcast Network’s Keith Barrett.

You can catch the show LIVE at 8PM PST tomorrow night at http://vidcastnetwork.com or at my Google+ stream here. If you are watching be sure and join us in chat as well here.

As a special surprise tomorrow night Jaime also just might tell you where to get the best BBQ in Austin today! ;)

As always thank you, thank you, thank you to our wonderful show sponsors SmugMug and Drobo. Be sure to check them out on the web at http://smugmug.com and http://drobo.com.

What a BLAST we had interviewing my good Pal Daniel Krieger for Photo Talk Plus Episode 8. For those of you who don’t know Daniel, he is a professional photographer working in New York City. Daniel mostly focuses on wedding and food photography and has shot for many different prestigious publications including the New York Times.

Joining my cohost Lotus Carroll is a stellar line up of mostly New Yorkers including Leanne Staples, Vivienne Gucwa, Titus Winters and Keith Barrett

Thank you as always to our wonderful sponsors SmugMug and Drobo. Check them out at http://smugmug.com and http://drobo.com.

Topics: Circle Sharing, Shooting From Heights, Google+ Hits 90M Users, Hard To Earn With Photography?
Interview: Daniel Krieger

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Join Thomas Hawk and me for Episode 8 of Photo Talk Plus where we’ll be in a New York state of mind – all our guests and panelists are based in NY. So get out your bagels and your Yankees caps and when you’re done groaning at me about all this, make a note to watch at 8PM PST. We’ll be interviewing professional photographer Daniel Krieger and discussing the top G+ stories of the week with him and panelists Alan Shapiro (he’s promised to bring cream filled cannoli for everyone), Leanne Staples, Vivienne Gucwa, and Titus Winters. You absolutely do not want to miss this episode! Look for the show live in Thomas Hawk‘s stream via “On Air Hangouts” or at http://vidcastnetwork.com with Keith Barrett who will also be a panelist on the show.

Continued thanks to our great sponsors, SmugMug at http://smugmug.com and Drobo at http://drobo.com - Check them out at their brand pages and websites. :)

See you all tonight!

What a GREAT time Lotus Carroll and I had interviewing food stock photographer Nicole S. Young on Episode 7 of Photo Talk Plus! Nicole is a full time professional photographer who makes most of her living from stock photography, something I know many of us are interested in getting more involved with. She’s also written a book about shooting food as well. You can view all her books by clicking here.

Panelists for this episode include Timothy Jordan from Google, Ivan Makarov (who is curating the Best of 2011 – G+ Photography Book), Gino Barasa and Queen of the Wolfpack Kimberly Pemberton.

In addition to the G+ charity photo book, this week’s topics include SOPA/PIPA, the new Google+ text on photos feature, Google+ photography related hashtags, and Trey Ratcliff s article from GigaOm on why eBooks will be much larger than you imagine.

Join us for another great episode and thanks to everyone involved!

Thanks especially to our show sponsors SmugMug and Drobo. Be sure to check them out athttp://smugmug.com and http://drobo.com

Topics: Plus One Collection, SOPA/PIPA, New G+ Features, Trey Ratcliff Article About eBooks
Interview: Nicole S Young

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Join us live and get your stock and food photography questions answered by Nicole! Look for the On Air Hangout at 8PM PST in Thomas Hawk‘s stream.

Thanks so much to our wonderful sponsors Drobo at http://drobo.com and SmugMug at http://smugmug.com and to all of you who watch and support the show every week. See you there tonight!

Lotus Carroll and I had a GREAT time Wednesday night talking with and interviewing photographer Alan Shapiro for Episode 6 of Photo Talk Plus

If you missed the live broadcast you can catch the YouTube recording above now. We were joined by panelists Dave Cohen from Google Photos, Profesional Landscape Photographer Jeffrey Sullivan, G+ Scavenger Hunt Curator Chrysta Rae and Vidcast Network’s Keith Barrett.

During the show we talked about the new Adobe Lightroom 4 Beta, Lotus and my recent trip to photograph the North American International Auto Show with Ford Motor Company (check out my photos from the NAIAS show here) Mike Shaw’s write up on long exposure photography and the Lee Big Stopper filter, +Jeremy Cowart’s post on a new type of camera from CES, Leodor Selenier’s post on the photography of Kim Keever, and more.

This was a GREAT episode that you won’t want to miss. Sponsored by Drobo and SmugMug. Don’t forget to check them out at http://smugmug.com and http://drobo.com.

Topics: Shooting NAIAS, WVIL Camera at CES 2011, Long Exposure by Mike Shaw
Interview: Alan Shapiro

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We’d love to have you there LIVE at 8PM PST – the discussion threads on G+ and Chat Room at Vidcast are great places to hang out while you watch the show so you can talk to other photographers, make new contacts, and of course ask questions you want answered during the second hour of the broadcast!

Lotus Carroll and I had an AWESOME time this past Wednesday night interviewing Colby Brown on Photo Talk Plus Episode 5. Colby talked about all of the great places over the world he’s travelled to shoot (and where he’s headed this coming year), his project The Giving Lens, life as a new father, his upcoming book with Peachpit on Google+ for photographers and more. Colby also shares some of his great images and talks about the stories behind them.

Panelists Natalie Villalobos and Timothy Jordan from Google joined us along with Anna Nguyen, Michael Seneschal and Keith Barrett.

Thanks as usual to our sponsors SmugMug and Drobo who you can find at http://drobo.com and http://smu.gs/vEcBHt.

Thanks to everyone who participated on the show and in the chat room live at Vidcast Network — for those of you who missed it live don’t miss this great episode.

Topics: 6 NY Resolutions for Photographers by Lisa Bettany, Photo of Tom Cruise on the World’s Highest Building, Are DSLR Cameras a Dying Breed? by Trey Ratcliff
Interview: Colby Brown

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Join us tonight at 8PM PST on The Vidcast Network for Episode 5 of Photo Talk Plus. You can also watch live via the “On Air” Hangout feature on cohost Thomas Hawk’s profile (refresh around showtime to see it appear). Our special guest tonight is Colby Brown, a very talented, professional fine art landscape, travel, and humanitarian photographer. You won’t want to miss out on the interview with him and find out what makes him tick, how he finds time for all his projects and efforts (like The Giving Lens), and what kind of processing secrets he has. And maybe whether he ever sleeps.

As always, we’ll be discussing popular photography topics from Google+ from the previous week with our guest and our panelists. Joining us this week are Google+ Community Manager Natalie Villalobos, Photographers Michael Seneschal and Anna Nguyen, and our Videocast Broadcaster Extraordinaire Keith Barrett. Thanks to our sponsors who support us and offer fantastic services and products to photographers: SmugMug and Drobo.

We’d love to have you there LIVE at 8PM PST – the discussion threads on G+ and Chat Room at Vidcast are great places to hang out while you watch the show so you can talk to other photographers, make new contacts, and of course ask questions you want answered during the second hour of the broadcast!

See you there! :)

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Last night we recorded a very special episode of Photo Talk Plus with Trey Ratcliff. Thank you to Trey who offered such a heartfelt candid personal interview about both him and his work. Trey is a very humble individual who spends so much more time promoting other photographers than his own art and work. He’s given so much to the Google+ Community and I enjoyed having an opportunity to really focus more directly on him as a person and an artist.

If you missed last night’s show, I really hope you’ll take some time to watch this episode and get to know a little bit more about Trey. Trey is a good friend and this was one of my favorite hangouts I’ve done on Google+ yet.

Thank you to everyone involved with last night’s show including my cohost Lotus Carroll and last night’s panelists Lili Ana Chris Chabot Brian Matiash (thanks for giving away a copy of onOne Software’s Perfect Photo Suite) and Keith Barrett.

Thanks also to Keith for broadcasting our show as usual on the Vidcast Network and thanks to everyone who participated in the chat room while we broadcasted. You are the community and are the ones that make Google+ such a great place for photographers.

A special thank you also to our show sponsors Drobo and SmugMug

Check them out here at Drobo and SmugMug.

Thank you also to Chee Chew and everyone on the Google Hangouts team for giving us this remarkable new “On Air” feature that allows us to make these videos available here on Google+ and on YouTube.

Topics: Google+ User Growth Accelerating, G+ Community Photobook by Ivan Makarov, Photography Scavenger Hunt by Chrysta Rae
Interview: Trey Ratcliff

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Episode 3 of Photo Talk Plus with Karen Hutton is ready for viewing on the Vidcast Network, thanks to Keith Barrett.

Thomas Hawk and I had a great time talking to Karen who blew us away sharing her philosophies and her unique point of view about photography as well as showing us some super cool Photoshop techniques. Check it out – you won’t be disappointed.

Panelists: Vincent Mo, Sly Vegas, Jan Kabili

Join us next week when our special guest will be the one and only, Trey Ratcliff!

Topics: New G+ Lightbox, Trey Ratcliff Reasons He Does Not Care About Piracy, Do You Reprocess Shots?, G+ Community Photobook
Interview: Karen Hutton

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We had a fantastic time talking to NASA Astronaut Ron Garan on Episode 2 of Photo Talk Plus. He shared his experiences of photographing from space with us, and it was truly inspiring and educating. Thanks so much to our panelists Catherine Hall, Ricardo Lagos, and Sandra Parlow for adding to the conversation.

Thank you to Keith Barret & Vidcast Network for broadcasting and recording, and to our wonderful sponsors SmugMug and Drobo.

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In this Photo Talk Plus Extra, Lotus Carroll and I talk with photographers Billy Wilson, Olav Folland, Doug Kaye, Todd Green and Helen Sotiriadis.

In this discussion we talk about Olav’s aerial photography this week and his photos from a Cessna airplane of the Golden Gate Bridge.

We recap Lotus’ San Antonio photowalk yesterday and share photos from the walk.

We talk about a new Christmas based photography series Billy Wilson has started.

We talk about 10 photography based films for photographers to watch and review my personal Amazon.com wishlist for photography related items that I want for Christmas this year.

We also share the photos of Helen Sotiriadis and talk about some of those.

Todd Green joins us for his very first hangout ever and Doug Kaye stops in and updates on his movie plans tonight.

Towards the end Mark Esguerra joins us, but too late as we already were over the 1 hour broadcast mark.

Trey Ratcliff’s car also makes a guest appearance in this episode.

Braden Carroll makes a brief guest appearance to remind us all that he loves us.

Thanks to our +Photo Talk Plus sponsors +SmugMug and +Drobo Check them out at http://smugmug.com and http://drobo.com.

Topics: Instagram coming to Android, New Google Nexus Galaxy Phone Camera Do Megapixels Matter?
Interview: Ron Garan

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Join +Lotus Carroll and +Thomas Hawk tonight along with panelists +Keith Barrett +Catherine Hall +Ricardo Lagos +Jim Sherhart and +Sandra Parlow for an exciting second episode of our new photography videocast.

Tonight’s episode will be a great one to learn more about what it’s like to take photographs in space and to learn more about some of the unique scenes/locations that Ron has been able to photograph in.

We will announce the winner of last week’s Drobo/SmugMug giveaway as well as give away a custom SmugMug metal print tonight too.

Don’t miss tonight’s live broadcast, we look forward to seeing you there. There will be a broadcast for viewing later for people who are not able to make the live broadcast.

Thank you also to tonight’s show sponsors +Drobo and +SmugMug. Be sure to add them on Google+ and check them out at http://drobo.com and http://smugmug.com!