Photo Talk Plus with special guest Joe Azure
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!
Photo Talk Plus Live Tonight at 8PM Pacific with Mickey Osterreicher
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!
Weekly Winners, February 12-18
February 12th-18th
These photos taken with a Canon EOS 7D
Photos prepared using Lightroom 3
I cheated… this one is from today. 
Everything He Knows He Learned On The (Sesame) Street
Where I Share My Photos:
Lotus Carroll on Google +
Lotus on 500px
Lotus on flickr
Lotus’s Instagram
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Attending Blissdom ’12? Join Me For a Photowalk on Thursday!
I’m so excited to be flying to Nashville, TN next week. I’ve been lucky to be involved with Bissdom since the beginning, when it was a tiny, one room event. Every year it has grown and become even more brilliant. I cherish the time I will have to spend with friends who I don’t get to see for the entire rest of the year! I look forward to the fun, love-filled, happy community environment that awaits.
But this year I’m even more excited because I’ll be doing something I love to do in association with the conference – hosting a Photowalk! I know that many of you love to take photos as much as I do, and doing that together is just the best kind of hangout time that photographers can plan. There is endless beauty inside of the Gaylord Opryland Hotel, and we’ll be walking through it under the biodome and among lush plants getting some amazing shots along the way. Let’s photograph an indoor waterfall together, what do you say?
All levels are welcome – bring your camera in phone, point and shoot, DSLR – whatever you have!
Please RSVP: http://plancast.com/p/9w85
Have questions? I’m happy to answer them!
Walk Details
- When: Thursday, February 23rd, 10am
- Where: Meet in the Magnolia Ballroom
- RSVP: http://plancast.com/p/9w85
- Hashtag: #BD12PW
Social Media Details
Please RSVP for the walk (even if you’re not 100% sure you’ll make it) at the Plancast Page here: http://plancast.com/p/9w85
Blissdom ’12 Photowalk Facebook Group – if you’re planning on attending, please go join the group. This is a great place to see who else will be there and ask questions or make suggestions.
Blissdom ’12 Photowalk G+ Page – Are you on Google+? Add this page and keep an eye on it. After the walk, when you share your photos on G+ use the hashtag #BD12PW and tag the page and I’ll start gathering and sharing the photos there. The hashtag stream will be a very easy place for us to see each other’s photos. Please note that I can’t circle you back with this page until you circle me first – it’s a spam prevention thing. So please go circle!
Blissdom ’12 Photowalk flickr Group – Love flickr? Join this group and after the walk when you upload your photos to flickr, you can add them there. Tag your photos with Blissdom ’12 Photowalk.
Blissdom ’12 Photowalk Snap MyLife Group Collection – Do you share your photos on SML? I do! (Find me here.) We can all easily add to this Group Collection on SML and have them in one place.
Or course, it’s great if you Tweet photos during or after the walk. The Hashtag for our walk is #BD12PW wherever you can use a hashtag.
Whew! I think I covered all the bases, but please feel free to ask me any questions or offer suggestions. I look forward to seeing you guys!
Weekly Winners, February 5-11
February 5th – 11th
These photos taken with a Canon EOS 7D
Photos prepared using Lightroom 3
My Kingdom For A Pair Of Wings
There’s Only One Way To Go From Here
I Don’t Get My Hat, You Don’t Get My Face
The Space Between You And My Destiny
Jack And Jill Went Up A Hill
Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Neon
Not A Trace Of The Sun
Where I Share My Photos:
Lotus Carroll on Google +
Lotus on 500px
Lotus on flickr
Lotus’s Instagram
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Plus One Collection Limited Edition Fine Art Photography Book
If you’ve been following me at all you know that I’m a big fan of Google+ and feel that it’s the best social networking platform out there nowadays, and especially if you’re a photographer. The Photography community there is vibrant and active and engaged, and I can’t say enough good things about the connections I’ve made and the amazing work I’m exposed to every time I log on and watch my stream move by. I’ve had the best conversations about art, life, and passion there and it’s a part of my day I truly look forward to when I sit down at my computer.
Here’s another sign of community and art flourishing there – with Ivan Makarov at the helm, and many others working hard to contribute their efforts, there is a beautiful G+ community photography book that has been created. The book holds the work of photographers active on G+ and all net profits go to Kiva, a fantastic charity organization. There are going to be 3 versions of this book, and the very first one is available NOW.
You can purchase it here: +One Collection, 2011
The Limited Edition of the Plus One Collection launched TODAY and is only available to purchase for 10 days. After that, it will never be made available for purchase again. Here are some details about the book:
- 193 artists featured, 200 pages long
- 11×13, landscape
- Printed on Fine Art Paper
- Includes a bonus print, made to museum standards, of one of the photos in the book
- Only Available to purchase for the next 10 days
- Ships in early March
- All profits go to Kiva
Don’t miss your chance to purchase this book – one of a kind, limited edition with big, beautiful photographs and a wonderful contribution to charity.
When the 10 days for this Limited Edition are over, there will be a standard version of the book available as well, and eventually an eBook version with over 500 photos submitted from the G+ Photography Community.
Weekly Winners, January 2012
January 2012
These photos taken with a Canon EOS 7D
Photos prepared using Lightroom 3
As the way I shoot, process, and share online changes (I don’t do this sequentially anymore) and the more other projects I create for myself, the more I struggle to post this Meme every Sunday. I’ve had thoughts about ending it or altering it. Maybe do a Monthly Favorites post and a Weekly Theme post on Sundays? To those who have still been participating, what are your thoughts? Here’s a selection of my favorites from this past month. Thanks for reading and viewing.
The Fairest In All The Land
I Found A Piece Of Myself You Left On The Floor
Weird Science
And The Creatures Of Darkness Recoiled
If You Don’t Believe In Magic
Fading Away And I Can Hardly Breathe
Love. Shrooms. And Death.
Build Me An F-150, Mr. Ford
As We Witness The Sunrise
Would The Lights Be Enough To Stop Me From Sinking?
Stroke My Keys So I Can Sing To You
Where I Share My Photos:
Lotus Carroll on Google +
Lotus on 500px
Lotus on flickr
Lotus’s Instagram
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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
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