Photo Talk Plus, Episode 32, With Special Guest Troy Paiva

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

Photo Talk Plus EP 32 Audio Podcast

Interview Guest: Troy Paiva
Panelists: Amy Heiden, Ian Ference, Scott Frederick, Ricardo Lagos, Keith Barrett
Sponsors: Adorama, Blurb Books, SmugMug, Drobo

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Photo Talk Plus Episode 32 Audio Podcast

Click Here to Subscribe via iTunes

Join us LIVE tonight July 25th at 8PM PST for Photo Talk Plus!!!!!

watch: http://vidcastnetwork.com
chat: http://vidcastnetwork.com/chat

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

Photo Talk Plus Episode 31, with Special Guest Daniel Milnor

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

Photo Talk Plus EP 31 Audio Podcast

Interview Guest: Daniel Milnor
Panelists: Athena Carey, Vivienne Gucwa, Dave Cohen, Mike Spinak, Keith Barrett
Sponsors: Adorama, Blurb Books, SmugMug, Drobo

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Photo Talk Plus Episode 31 Audio Podcast

Click Here to Subscribe via iTunes

Photo Talk Plus EP31 with Daniel Milnor Tonight 8PM Pacific

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!

Photo Talk Plus EP 30 Audio Podcast

Interview Guest: Brian Matiash
Panelists: Karen Hutton, Jan Kabili, Kerry Murphy, Zach Yeskel, Keith Barrett
Sponsors: Adorama, Blurb Books, SmugMug, Drobo

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Photo Talk Plus Episode 30 Audio Podcast

Click Here to Subscribe via iTunes

Photo Talk Plus Episode 30, with Special Guest Brian Matiash

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!!!

Photo Talk Plus EP30 with Brian Matiash Tonight 8PM Pacific

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!

*Offer valid through July 31, 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.

Photo Talk Plus, Episode 29, with Special Guest Chrysta Rae

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.