Photo Talk Plus, EP36 with Special Guest Tom Hogarty

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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Photo Talk Plus EP 36 Audio Podcast

Interview Guest: Tom Hogarty
Panelists: Chris Chabot, Jan Kabili, Joe Azure, Karen Hutton, Keith Barrett
Sponsors: Adorama, Blurb Books, SmugMug, Drobo

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Photo Talk Plus, EP36 with special guest Tom Hogarty 8PM

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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Photo Talk Plus, EP35 with Kelli Seeger Kim

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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Photo Talk Plus EP 35 Audio Podcast

Interview Guest: Kelli Seeger Kim
Panelists: Anna Nguyen, Jeff Moreau, Mark Rodriguez, Milena Ilieva, Timothy Jordan
Sponsors: Adorama, Blurb Books, SmugMug, Drobo

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Photo Talk Plus, EP34 with Special Guest Mike Spinak

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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Photo Talk Plus EP 34 Audio Podcast

Interview Guest: Mike Spinak
Panelists: Barry Blanchard, Patricia Davidson, Vivienne Gucwa, Keith Barrett
Sponsors: Adorama, Blurb Books, SmugMug, Drobo

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Photo Talk Plus, EP35 with Special Guest Kelli Seeger Kim Tonight 8PM Pacific

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!
SmugMug / http://smugmug.com
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!

Photo Talk Plus, EP33 with Special Guest Matt Kloskowski

Thomas Hawk was joined by panelists Catherine Hall, Erik Pounds, LaDonna Pride, Michael Seneschal, Keith Barrett and special guest Matt Kloskowski. Matt is a professional photographer, photo show host, Education Director for Kelby Training and full-time Photoshop Guy for the NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals). He’s a best selling author of various photography/photoshop books and is the Managing Editor of Light It Magazine. Pretty sure he only sleeps about one hour a night. :) Watch as the entire panel discusses news topics including Trey Ratcliff‘s post about the 5 ways to get the most out of Google+ , Catherine Hall’s amazing Circling Strategy, Drobo as a photo storage solution, Vivienne Gucwa‘s NYC Art Installation, Jay Patel‘s story on how to photograph in harsh light, Peta Pixel Story – Google Streetview Screenshots: Photography or Plagiarism?  followed by an in depth interview of Matt and a look at his work.

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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Photo Talk Plus EP 33 Audio Podcast

Interview Guest: Matt Kloskowski
Panelists: Catherine Hall, Michael Seneschal, Erik Pounds, LaDonna Pride, Keith Barrett
Sponsors: Adorama, Blurb Books, SmugMug, Drobo

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