Darkness Approaches

it is early evening and
a drink has found its way
into her hand while a
heaviness settles
inside her heart

her feet hit the hot concrete
of a texas back patio
warmly, they wander across
lightly, they fall in a pattern
leading to an edge

she settles herself there and
the moon looks down
upon her quietly
showing her
only half of himself

she ponders the idea
of seeing only part
of someone
and wondering what else
might be there

the day has slipped away
as quickly and blindly
as usual, leaving behind
only the memory
of how hot it was

the sky tells her to look
it wants to remind her
that the day was bright and strong
by painting the edges
of her world

the streaks of a sunset
almost gone and forgotten
linger on the horizon
in blue, orange, purple
and gold

she wants to soak those in
remember them, cherish them
she wants to capture them
and carry them with her for
later

she knows that darkness approaches.

Photo Talk Plus, EP7 With Nicole S Young

If you missed this episode with special guest Nicole S Young, you can watch it here easily. Nicole is a successful professional photographer who makes a decent income doing food / stock photography. She gave many tips and insight into doing this kind of work. You can view all her books by clicking here.

In addition to interviewing Nicole, along with our panelists Timothy Jordan, Ivan Makarov, Gino Barasa and Kimberly Pemberton we discussed the following topics:

• Best of 2011 – G+ Photography Book
• SOPA/PIPA
• New Google+ text on photos feature
• Google+ photography related hashtags
• Trey Ratcliff s article from GigaOm on why eBooks are so successful

You Visit Me In My Sleep

Maybe I’ll Just Run The Other Way

Join us for EP7 of Photo Talk Plus with Nicole S Young Tonight!

Join cohost Thomas Hawk and me for the live  Photo Talk Plus videocast as we interview professional photographer Nicole S. Young tonight. Nicole is a successful food & lifestyle photographer making a living in stock photography with iStockphoto and Getty Images.  We’ll also have photographers Gino Barasa, kimberly pemberton, Ivan Makarov, and Googler Timothy Jordan present as panelists to discuss the latest in G+ Photography News.

Join us live in the post threads 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!

Photo Talk Plus EP6 with Alan Shapiro

We had another great episode of Photo Talk Plus on Wednesday night with special guest Alan Shapiro.  Alan’s a self described “Executive-Level Creative Guy” and he’s an amazing photographer with personality to spare. Check out the video above if you missed the live show this past week.

Thanks so much to our panelists Dave Cohen from Google Photos, Profesional Landscape Photographer Jeffrey Sullivan, G+ Scavenger Hunt Curator Chrysta Rae and Keith Barrett of Vidcast Network @ http://vidcastnetwork.com. It’s been such a pleasure to be able to get groups of photographers together and do these shows.

Fellow host Thomas Hawk and I talked about shooting the North American International Auto Show this week in Detroit on behalf of Ford, which was informative and very shiny! (I like shiny.) See Thomas’s NAIAS Set on Flickr here. Our entire panel weighed in on some interesting news stories including 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.

Special thanks to our awesome sponsors, SmugMug @ http://smugmug.com and Drobo @http://drobo.com These are two companies we believe in personally and we appreciate their support!