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Trey's Variety Hour #76: The Business of Photography and a Chance to Win Google Glass

by Trey Ratcliff

Thomas Hawk, Brian Matiash, Nicole S. Young, Frederick Van Johnson, Mike Wiacek, Sara Byrne, and Dylan Howell join me to discuss marketing and the business of photography. We talk about the huge photowalk coming up before Google I/O, have a good round table about the topic before moving on to showing some of our recent work and then finally onto our G+ Discoveries.

Photowalk and Google Glass Giveaway details here: http://goo.gl/Zarq3

G+ Discoveries:
Jim Denham, Natalia Stone, Matt Glastonbury, Brian Bach Sørensen, Cole Roberts, and Danielle Tunstall.

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #75: Post-Processing vs. Gear - Thomas Hawk, Karen Hutton, Red, and Gino!

by Trey Ratcliff

In this episode I am joined by Thomas Hawk, Karen Hutton, Hong Yi (Red), and Gino Barasa. We have a great discussion about the pros and cons regarding the age old question of post-processing vs. gear and then we share some of our photos. John Pozadzides from GeekBeat.tv drops by for a quick visit as well!

G+ Discoveries:
Midori Chan, Pete Stewart, Joe Frazee, Shelly Kay, and Jingyi Tan.

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #74: How to Find Your Voice/Style in Photography

by Trey Ratcliff

Gino Barasa guest hosts and is joined by Jaime Ibarra, Lotus Carroll, Joe Azure, Michael Bonocore, and Nicolai McCrary. The gang discusses finding your style in photography, shows some photos and straight from Japan I pop in briefly with Tom Anderson to join the fun!

G+ Discoveries:
Nev Nels, Steve-Maxx landeros, Michiel de Lange, Shawn McClure, Casey McCallister, and Chip Phillips.

Exclusive coupons for our viewer's from Jaime:
http://www.Ibarra2.com/shop
COLOUR - $60 off the Colour Grading Video
BGVIDEO - $30 off the Background Modification Video
MASTER - $100 off the Personalized Master Class

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #73: Clayton Morris, Thomas Hawk, Erica Joy, Cali Lewis, and Gino Barasa!

by Trey Ratcliff

Clayton Morris from Fox News, Thomas Hawk from Thomashawk.com, Erica Joy from Google, Cali Lewis from Geekbeat, and Gino Barasa from Mars are my guests in this episode. We talk about G+ full rez photos, FB reddit-style comment ranking, backing up on the road, and more!

Clayton was generous enough to discount his great app http://www.readquickapp.com/ at 99 cents for TVH viewers for the next couple of days!

G+ Discoveries:
John Pozadzides, Sara Byrne, Simon Linge, Chris Chabot, J. Griffin Stewart, RC Concepcion, and Michael Breitung.

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #72: BBC's Kate Russell, Google's Brian Matiash, snowflake-man Don Komarechka!

by Trey Ratcliff

I am joined by the BBC's Kate Russell, Google's new Photos Community manager Brian Matiash, The Intrepid and Venerable Thomas Hawk , Snowflake Photographer Extraordinaire Don Komarechka, Director of the upcoming documentary Virtually Famous Ollie Dale, and the Unadjectivable Gino Barasa! This was a very fun show with lots of laughs, photo sharing, and great conversation.

G+ Discoveries:
Beno Saradzic, Suzanne Haggerty, Joe Wabe, Seth Casteel, Elena Kalis, Julia Peterson, Seth Burgess, Toby Harriman, and Joe Azure.

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #71: New Google+ mobile updates, Stocksy, Photowalk prizes, and more! :)

by Trey Ratcliff

In this episode I am joined by Googlers, Natalie Villalobos, Brian Glick, and Josh Haftel along with Lotus Carroll, Dave Wilson, Karen Montalvo, and our very own Curtis Simmons. We discuss the new Nik Collection by Google, the updated G+ mobile apps and Snapseed with our Google friends, talk about Stocksy, and then get into our fun sharing session from the SXSW PhotoWalk. Then we move on to naming the winners of all the prizes from the PhotoWalk.

G+ Discoveries:
Sarah Jarrett, Lisa Wood, Andy Lee, Laurie Rubin, Lorenzo Montezemolo, Gregory Colbert, and Isabel Sousa Silva.

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #70: Crazy Lenses, Experimentation, and More!

by Trey Ratcliff

Thomas Hawk, Nicole S. Young, Alex Koloskov, and Gino Barasa join me to discuss experimentation with crazy lenses and other strange photography gear. We share some stories, photos, and have a great time doing it!

G+ Discoveries:
Philippe Manguin, Dave Castro, Dave Wilson, Patric Bergkvist, and Cat Klein.

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #69: Google+ Photography Tips and Strategies!

by Trey Ratcliff 114 views

I am joined by Thomas Hawk, Chrysta Rae, Cliff Baise, Elena Solomon, and Gino Barasa as we discuss cool G+ photography tips and sharing strategies.

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Trey's Variety Hour #68: Photography hangout :)

by Trey Ratcliff

In this episode I am joined by Jaime Ibarra, Karen Hutton, Angela B Pan, and Jacques Cloutier. We have a fun hangout where we show some of our recent photography and talk camera gear!

G+ Discoveries:
Stefan Bäurle, Joshua Cripps, Geoffrey Hammond, and Ronnie Boehm.

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #67: Moving from being a Hobbyist to a Pro Photographer!

by Trey Ratcliff

I am joined by Clayton Morris from Fox News, Alfie Goodrich (who wrote the article below), Nicole S. Young (pro), Scott Jarvie (studly pro), Gino Barasa (no qualifications whatsoever) and Melvin Little (pro-curious). We have a discussion about how and why to move from a being a Hobbyist to a Pro Photographer then show off some of our latest photos!

G+ Discoveries:
Peter Adams, Don Komarechka, Thomas O'brien, T.J. Powell, Ego olden, and Andrew Holian.

Alfie's article on the topic:
http://japanorama.co.uk/2013/01/23/on-being-a-photographer-todays-thoughts/

Thanks to Dave Veffer and Keith Barrett for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #66: Photography catchup! :)

by Trey Ratcliff

I am joined by Thomas Hawk, Dallas Nagata White, Cliff Baise, and The Gino Barasa for a photography hangout where we share our work and have a fun discussion!

Site Dallas was talking about to go on a lava tour: http://www.kalapanaculturaltours.com/

SmugMug's Video we showed of the Google+ Long Exposure Photowalk at the Golden Gate Bridge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuYQwutQwI0

G+ Discoveries:
Keith Moyer, David Chatsuthiphan, Lace Andersen, Dave Morrow, Cameron Siguenza, Jessica Ambats, Jim Weise, Joe Azure, and Ricardo Liberato.

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #65: All Flatbooks.com Authors!

by Trey Ratcliff

In this episode I am joined exclusively by Flatbooks.com authors, Justin Balog, Paul Roustan, Christa Laser, Karen Hutton, Joseph Linaschke, and Troy Paiva! We learn a bunch of tips and see samples from their awesome books. We then go on to share some of our photos and G+ Photographer discoveries.

In honor of this special episode, we decided to make a special bundle at 50% off all their books including one of mine!

You can get the whole Author Bundle at http://www.stuckincustoms.com/AuthorBundle

Here are the people joining me (and all of the books included in the bundle!) -- you can see more about them at www.Flatbooks.com !

Big World Little Lens -- Justin Balog
Diary Of A Body Painter -- Paul Roustan
Goals -- Christa Laser
I | We -- Karen Hutton
Killer Tips for Getting the Most out of Your Canon Camera -- Joseph Linaschke
Light Painted Night Photography -- Troy Paiva
The Beauty of Ambiguity -- (me!)

G+ Discoveries:
Noah Urban, Johan Swanepoel, Derek Kind, Mark Hammon, Johann Bodin, Hunter Luisi, and Paul Pavlinovich.

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #64: David duChemin and Friends

by Trey Ratcliff

In this episode our guest is David duChemin, founder of Craft & Vision. We are also joined by Nicole S. Young, Brian Matiash, and Alex Koloskov. We discuss their magazines and ebooks and display some of our work.

G+ Discoveries:
Jason Joseph, Pawel Tomaszewicz, Hengki Koentjoro, Dave Morrow, and Christopher Germano.

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #63: New Year's Eve Photo Show!

by Trey Ratcliff

Thomas Hawk, Karen Hutton, Alexia Sinclair, and Doug Kaye join me in this year end episode where we share stories and our photos while having a great time!

Happy New Year! :)

G+ Discoveries:
Ron Clifford, Scott Loftesness, Derek Kind, Jay Gould.

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #62: HDRSpotting.com and New Zealand Photographers

by Trey Ratcliff

New Zealanders: Ian Brodie, Emily Adamson, Ollie Dale, and Jason Law join me along with Scott Kublin in this episode. We start the show talking about the new soft launch of HDRSpotting.com and then move into a fun show and tell of some of our recent photographs. We also discuss the New Zealand Photographers Community on Google+ and share some discoveries we have made in there.

G+ Discoveries:
Marvin Lee, KT Ho, Rob Dickinson, Steve Kruger, Ben Smith and Phil Jones.

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #61: Google+ Communities Goin' Curazy!

by Trey Ratcliff

Vic Gundotra, Vera Tzoneva, Ricardo Lagos, and Vincent Mo from Google join me along with Thomas Hawk, Jan Kabili, and Gino Barasa for a lively discussion on all things G+ Communities that just rolled out. We ask the Googlers questions submitted by viewers, we talk about what we like, and make suggestions for improvements we would like to see in Communities. Was a fun time!

G+ Community Discoveries:
Ingress United: https://plus.google.com/communities/114340573282949633352
SmugMug: https://plus.google.com/communities/112939661609733531057
Long Exposure Photography: https://plus.google.com/communities/113835599504494437905
Community Moderators: https://plus.google.com/communities/115287855840632692408
Squirrels are Magic: https://plus.google.com/communities/105232805077039890818
Bathroom Selfie: https://plus.google.com/communities/103867093159452732159
Urban Exploration: https://plus.google.com/communities/118010045683344777640

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #60: Thomas Hawk, Gordon Laing, and more!

by Trey Ratcliff

In this episode I am joined by Thomas Hawk, Gordon Laing, Scott Kublin, and Gino Barasa. We discuss the differences in community between Google+ and the likes of Flickr, poke a little fun at Scott, and laugh as Gordon experiences technical difficulties that can only be described as a scrubbed launch :) We then share and talk about some of our photos.

Link to the funny "The Mirrorless Party" video we watched created by Jordan Drake and Chris Niccolls from thecamerastore.com in Canada:
http://youtu.be/LO7rxitFLZg

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #59: All European Photographer Show

by Trey Ratcliff

Enter the Europeans! Athena Carey, Serge Ramelli, Mike Shaw, Thomas Leuthard, and Ugo Cei join me and share their photos and adventures with us.

G+ Photographer Discoveries:
Francesco Gola, Christos Lamprianidis, John G Moore, Giles McGarry, Luca Cesari, Julie de Waroquier, Siegfried Hansen, Adde Adesokan, Achim Katzberg, Andy Gray, Julia Anna Gospodaru, Michel Rajkovic, Angel Sanguinetti, and Jean-Michel Berts.

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #58: Photography Fun with Cool Peeps

by Trey Ratcliff

I am joined by Elena Solomon, Angela B. Pan, Doug Kaye, Tamara Pruessner, and Gino Barasa on this episode. We have a fun time discussing the Nexus 4, NEX lenses, and sharing a bunch of photos.

G+ Photographer Discoveries:
Jan Kabili, Kim Seng, Michael Frye, Chris Lazzery, Matt Adcock, Sol Tamargo, and Maki Silberberg.

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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1:37:53

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Trey's Variety Hour #58: Photography Fun with Cool Peeps

by Trey Ratcliff

I am joined by Elena Solomon, Angela B. Pan, Doug Kaye, Tamara Pruessner, and Gino Barasa on this episode. We have a fun time discussing the Nexus 4, NEX lenses, and sharing a bunch of photos.

G+ Photographer Discoveries:
Jan Kabili, Kim Seng, Michael Frye, Chris Lazzery, Matt Adcock, Sol Tamargo, and Maki Silberberg.

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #57: Photo Phun - Facebook Woes

by Trey Ratcliff

In case you missed the most recent show, we talked about a bunch of things you may enjoy:
- Some complaints and thoughts about Facebook and promoted posts (Alex did an experiment where he paid $40)
- We all share new photos (Alex from a Russian dungeon costume party, Thomas from Decompression, Karen from a recent trip, and me from a car trip here in New Zealand last weekend)
- How we are surprised at feedback on photos
- The new Google Nexus phone and photo-sphere mode

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Trey's Variety Hour #56: Micro Four Thirds Cameras

by Trey Ratcliff

Gordon Laing makes his triumphant return to the Variety Hour! He joins me along with Giulio Sciorio, Peter Tsai, Amy DangRabbit, and Scott Giorgini. We discussed the ridiculously named yet awesome mirrorless camera system, Micro Four Thirds. There was plenty of gear porn and photos shared by the panel as well as questions taken from the viewers. Was a fun show!

You can see more questions answered over at http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2012/10/22/treys-variety-hour-56-micro-four-thirds-discussion/

G+ Photographer Discoveries:
Mikko Lagerstedt, Christopher Crawford, Jamie MacDonald, Faran Najafi, Patrick Lu, and Mark Toal.

Thanks to Keith Barrett and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #55: Travel Photography

by Trey Ratcliff

In this episode I am joined by Karen Hutton, Emily Adamson, Mike Hollman, Justin Troupe, Erin McLean, and J. Griffin Stewart. We talk about our travel adventures, show some of our work, and give some great travel tips!

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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1:15:57

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Trey's Variety Hour #55: Travel Photography

by Trey Ratcliff

In this episode I am joined by Karen Hutton, Emily Adamson, Mike Hollman, Justin Troupe, Erin McLean, and J. Griffin Stewart. We talk about our travel adventures, show some of our work, and give some great travel tips!

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #54: Miss Aniela and Matt Knisely

by Trey Ratcliff

In this episode Miss Aniela and Matt Knisely join me to discuss an upcoming photography workshop in Paris. They discuss their unique styles and other artists that inspire them. Miss Aniela and I thought it would be exciting to combine her dramatic fine art photography with my style of photography into an intense hands-on photo shoot experience and workshop in Paris. We will share our secrets of how we envision, prepare, shoot, and process our photos.

G+ Photographer Discoveries:
J A Mortram, Elena Vizerskaya, and Tanya Rochat.

To find out more about the workshop in Paris click here:
http://www.stuckincustoms.com/midnight-in-paris/

Here are the two videos we showed during the show if you want to watch them in HD:
Miss Aniela's: http://vimeo.com/23365570
Matt's: http://mattknisely.com/blog/creativity/video/active/

Thanks to Keith Barrett and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #53: Street Photography

by Trey Ratcliff

Karen Hutton guest hosts and is joined by Eric Kim, Rinzi Ruiz, and Vivienne Gucwa. The gang talked about street photography in general, showed us some of their amazing work and the stories behind the photos.

G+ Photographer Discoveries:
Adam Marelli, Matt Obrey, Nathan Wirth, and DeShaun Craddock.

You can find out more about Eric's workshops that he mentioned during the show at http://erickimphotography.com/blog

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #52: Google Photos and Nik Software BFFs.

by Trey Ratcliff 1,933 views

A huge show! The always great and opinionated Thomas Hawk and members of the Google+ Photos team including Vincent Mo, AJ Asver, and Dave Cohen joined me to talk all about Google's acquisition of Nik Software, Google+ Photos, cloud storage, and the future of photos online.

If you want to read more about the acquisition, see the article I released at http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2012/09/17/the-importance-of-google-acquiring-nik-software/

G+ Photographer Discoveries:
Ryan Dyar, Isabelle Lafrance, Rarindra Prakarsa, Shannon S. Myers, Roger Clark, Toby Harriman, Nick Stankus, Aravind Krishnaswamy, Henrik Godsk Hansen, Arthur Chang, and Hengki Koentjoro.

Thanks to Keith Barrett and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #51: Live from Thomas Hawk's House! All Burning Man

by Trey Ratcliff

I'm back from Burning Man and am joined by Thomas Hawk, Tom Anderson, Christopher Becker, Joe Azure, Cliff Baise, Andrew Miller, Jonathan Goody, Karen Hutton, and Gino Barasa. We tell our Burning Man stories and show some amazing photos from the event. It was a fun show with all kinds of great photos and conversation!

G+ Photographer Discoveries:
Peter Hurley, Ian Grindall, Edin Chavez, Brian Rueb, Josh Adamski, Peter Ruprecht, and Chrysta Rae.

Thanks to Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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1:10:30

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Trey's Variety Hour #50: Photography, Relationships and Innovation at the Speed of Light!

by Trey Ratcliff

Karen Hutton and Gino Barasa guest host and are joined by Alan Shapiro, Ron Clifford, Michael Bonocore, Vivienne Gucwa, and Chris Chabot. They talk about "Photography, Relationships and Innovation at the Speed of Light!"

The panel discusses how ideas innovations are happening at lightning speed these days and the role G+, other social media platforms are playing in this phenomena. We hear about some pretty cool developments in folks' lives as result of these new developments... what some of the problems are we face as artists... and share a few "takeaways" that we can all apply to our lives and experience here!

Thanks to Keith Barrett and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #49: Art, Inspiration & Point of View

by Trey Ratcliff

This episode Karen Hutton and Gino Barasa guest host and welcome Jaime Ibarra, Tanya Rochat, Brian Matiash, Kerry Murphy and Kelli Seeger Kim to talk about "Art, Inspiration & Point of View".

Thanks to Keith Barrett and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #48: Guest Host Madness!

by Trey Ratcliff

Gino Barasa and Karen Hutton guest host while I am away and are joined by Thomas Hawk, Scott Jarvie, Todd Sisson, and Brad Sloan. The group discusses suspicious people without Facebook accounts, one year of Google+ (what went right, what went wrong, what we'd like to see in the future), and a little bit called "I think this is crap!" where everyone rips on Gino's photos :)

Thanks to Keith Barrett and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #47: Lightroom Mania! (With Giveaways!)

by Trey Ratcliff 3,645 views

Lightroom Product Manager Tom Hogarty joins us and answers a bunch of questions from the panel consisting of Nicole S. Young, Ricardo Lagos, Juan Pons, and Gino Barasa. We discuss the virtues of using DNG and the panel shares some of their quick Lightroom tips.

To enter for a chance to win Lightroom and my new presets go to this post on the blog for more instructions: http://goo.gl/ae51g

We end the show with our G+ Photographer Discoveries:
Rob Dweck, Joni Niemelä, Eleisa Barbour, and Alex Morley.

Thanks to Keith Barrett and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #46: Android Photography

by Trey Ratcliff

Little green robots everywhere! Nicolas Roard and Nirav Mehta from the Android dev team, Brian Matiash, Sinead Sam McKeown, Gino Barasa, and Anthony Tulliani join me in a roundtable discussion about Android photography. Keith Barrett and Dave Veffer join in on the fun too. We talk about apps, filters, techniques, and show a ton of photos. We also did a Q&A with questions from the viewers.

Here are the photo apps that were mentioned on the show:
Streamzoo, Pixlr-o-matic, PicSayPro, PicsArt, Vignette, and Little Photo.

Here are the people Sinead shared from her curated #MyMobileMonday group on Google+:
Mikko Tyllinen, Andrea Ewald, Linda Stokes, Sylvain Benacquista, Hector Hurtado, Gena Slash, Tara Holland, Christophe Freidli, John Allen Felix, Darren Harmon, Christian Vollmar, Brian Spencer, Marcus Sant'Anna, Marianne Skov Jensen, and Gazzaroonii T.

We end the show with our G+ Photographer Discoveries:
Anna Rumiantseva, Kate Hailey, Christianna Pierce, QT Luong, Brice Favre, and Nakeva Corothers.

Thanks to Keith Barrett and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #45: Photo-Time!

by Trey Ratcliff

In this episode we talked about all kinds of cool photography stuff and showing/discussing many photos. Joining me are Dallas Nagata White, mel peifer, Gino Barasa (male), Todd Sisson (also male), and mystery: Nick Gatens. Come witness the budding bromance between Gino and Todd and just have a good time overall!

We end the show with our G+ Photographer Discoveries:
Tamara Pruessner, Julia Peterson, Lotus Carroll, Jason Jakober, Chris LaCour, John Hook, and Rob Packer.

Thanks to Keith Barrett and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #44: General Hangout Overdrive + Live How-To!

by Trey Ratcliff

1) Fill the hangout with fun photographers. 2) See what happens!

Frederick Van Johnson, Jared Polen (FroKnowsPhoto), Varina Patel, and Jay Patel join me to discuss their current photo projects and show us some of their work. Good stories and fun times! Also, since there seemed to be a lot of questions around my Aurora Australis photos, I did a Live how-to during the show.

We finish the show sharing our G+ Photographer Discoveries:
Ian Thomas, Adam Lerner, Brent Schnarr, and Michael Bonocore.

Thanks to Leo Laporte, Tony Wang, Keith Barrett, and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #43: Beginner and Intermediate Photo Questions and Answers

by Trey Ratcliff

Trey's Variety Hour #43: Beginner and Intermediate Photo Q&A

This show was a nonstop Q&A for beginner and intermediate photographers -- all built around the new "Discover the Art of Photography" - http://www.stuckincustoms.com/art-of-photography/ - video series on the site. The video also contains a sneak preview!

Karen Hutton, Anne Espiritu, Christa Laser, Andrea Warner, Sly Vegas and Keith Barrett handle all the Q's and I handle the A's.

Thanks to Leo Laporte, Tony Wang, and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #42: Chrysta Rae's Photography Scavenger Hunt

by Trey Ratcliff

Chrysta Rae, Nicole S. Young, Brian Matiash, Alan Shapiro, Sam Breach, and Joe Vallee join me for a very fun show all about Chrysta Rae's Photography Scavenger Hunt that takes place every other month. Everyone tells stories and shows off some of their favorite photos from previous hunts.

To find out more about the hunt check Chrysta's profile or the hunt page: https://plus.google.com/103211003560717503058/about

People we talked about during the show:
Jaime Ibarra, Barbara Matthews, Jake Johnson, Brian Bonham, Gary Paakkonen, Erika Thornes, Angie Smith, Christina Lawrie, Kirk Jordan, and Robin Griggs Wood.

G+ Photographer Discoveries:
Michael Breitung, Marc Koegel, Michael Quinn, Kimberly Pemberton, Brad Sloan, Alex Mody, Baber Afzal, Michael Gemine, and Derek Kind.

Thanks to Leo Laporte, Tony Wang, and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #41: The Genie from SYRP and many New Zealand Photographers

by Trey Ratcliff

Ben Ryan and Chris Thomson show off their amazing timelapse device "Genie" and do a little Q&A. We then continue onto the NZ part of our show with guests Bel Jones, Tim Pierce, Todd Sisson, Chris McLennan, and Jason Law. Simon Morris had bandwidth issues so he'll be on a future show :) We talk about and show a bunch of photos from all around New Zealand and the world.

We close the show with our G+ Photographer Discoveries:
Peter Hurley, Rob Packer, Andrew Sanigorski, Nate Parker, Mike Hollman, Jeroen Ott, and Neville Jones.

Thanks to Leo Laporte, Bryan Burnett, and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #40: The Art of Alexia Sinclair

by Trey Ratcliff

This week's episode features the amazing art of Alexia Sinclair. We show her cool iPad app http://alexiasinclair.com/homage and she shows off a ton of her work and tells stories about them.

Link to Vimeo video featured on show: http://vimeo.com/18830702

We close out the show with our G+ Photographer Discoveries:
Alexa Meade and Peter From.

Thanks to Leo Laporte, Bryan Burnett, and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #39: Body Painting and Photography

by Trey Ratcliff

Warning: If you are offended by nudes, watch the TWiT.tv podcast version!
Opportunity: if you can effortlessly handle the naked naked, be sure to watch here or on YouTube!

Artists Paul Roustan, Alexa Meade, and Daniel Ibanez join me this week and show us a bunch of their artwork and tell the stories behind them.

We close out the show with our Google+ Discoveries:

Grant Collier, Rolfe Bautista, and Reuben Negron.

*Bonus Notes:

Charity Paul talked about where you can get a print of his for donating: sponsor.hangoutathon.com

Awesome time travel movie I recommend: "Primer". Give it your full attention otherwise you might miss something :)

Barry Glassman, a colorblind photographer, of bgphotos.net is looking to pay someone to help him process photos. Go check him out if you are interested!

For a Good Cause! Get a rare print & help him pay his mortgage!

This gentleman has come upon hard times and is selling a very rare #1 of 50 signed limited edition 24x36" metal print of my "Bamboo Forest":
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251082473393

Thanks to Leo Laporte, Tony Wang, and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #38: What's in your bag?

by Trey Ratcliff

Eric Cheng, Ron Brinkmann, Mike Wiacek, Michelle Robinson, and Angela B Pan join me as we do a little show and tell with what is in our camera bags. Eric wins right off the bat and even Tony Wang and Dave Veffer get in on the fun too.

We discuss bags, gear, and show off some of our recent photos.

We close out the show with our Google+ Photographer Discoveries:

Danielle Tunstall, Louise Bagger, Douglas Sonders, Tom Hogarty, Andrew Walker, and Rafal Makiela.

Thanks to Leo Laporte, Tony Wang, and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #37: Google+ Conference Photowalk

by Trey Ratcliff

Alex Koloskov, Catherine Hall, Karen Hutton, RC Concepcion, Lotus Carroll, and Eden Brackstone join me for this discussion about all the photowalks that happened during the Google+ Photographers Conference. We all share a ton of photos and stories from our walks.

Here are some of the people whose work was shared during the show:

Eric James Leffler, Michael Frye, Joseph Fanvu, Alan Morris, Alex Shamis, Almus Null, Beverly Anderson Sanchez, Darlene Hildebrandt, Dave Bell, Jamie Zartman, Joe Ercoli, Joette A. Wangsgard, Joseph Ip, Keith Cuddeback, Kimberly Hayworth, Logan Barrier, Omar AlQabandi, Paul Hurley, Peter Adams, Pradeep Das, Richard Camp, Shola Oderinde, Sly Vegas, Toby Harriman, Tom Hierl, Elizabeth Hahn, Curt Nordling, Sean Cawley, Richard Hay, Robin Leworthy Wilson, Angie Smith, Lisa Duncan, Jess Newcomb, Dennis Lodes, Kimberly Tweed, Noah Katz, Amy Heiden, Brian Rose, Sandeep Patil, Joel Horwath, Chris Chabot, Christianna Pierce, Juan Gonzalez, and Shawn Clover.

As always we close out the show with our Google+ Photographer Discoveries:

Amanda Recker, Alex Stepanov, Teri Lou Dantzler, Danny Tan, G Dan Mitchell, and Ian Thomas.

Thanks to Leo Laporte, Tony Wang, and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #36: The Evolution & Revolution of Photography

by Trey Ratcliff

Frederick Van Johnson fills in for me and is joined by Derrick Story, Gavin Seim, Sara France, and Martin Bailey. They talk about the history of photography and have an in depth conversation about printing, presentation, and online sharing. I pop in halfway through the show and give a tour of the Google+ Photographers Convention party where the wine and cheese were at.

We close out the show with Google+ Photographer discoveries:
Lijah Hanley, Jennifer Bebb, Hengki Lee, Greg Schmigel, and Shirley Lo.

Thanks to Leo Laporte, Tony Wang, and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #35: Personal Photo Projects

by Trey Ratcliff

Dallas Nagata White, Ed White, Ron Brinkmann, Todd Sisson, Varina Patel, and Scott Kublin join me and talk about their personal photo projects. We share photos and stories behind them and have just a dandy old time. Ron reveals his cool new app FreezePaint!

We finish the show sharing our G+ Photographer Discoveries:
Liam Frankland, Isabel Sousa Silva, Oleg Oprisco, Matthias Haker Photography, Hengki Koentjoro, and Brandon Kopp.

Thanks to Leo Laporte, Bryan Burnett, and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #34: How do you learn and improve your photography?

by Trey Ratcliff

Doug Kaye co-hosts with me this week and we are joined by an awesome group of teaching types, Nicole S. Young, Matt Kloskowski, Colby Brown, and Derrick Story to discuss how to learn and improve your photography. Even Dave Veffer and Tony Wang got in on the fun!

The gang tells stories and give advice on lessons they've learned throughout their photographic voyages in life. We also share some of our photos.

We close the show with our G+ Discoveries:
Jeremy Hall, Ben Horne, Jessy Eykendorp, Andrea Ewald, and Hengki Koentjoro.

Thanks to Leo Laporte, Tony Wang, and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #33: Social Media and New Opportunities for Artists

by Trey Ratcliff

Karen Hutton co-hosts with me and we are joined by a wild bunch of artist types: Brian Matiash, Jaime Ibarra, Chris Chabot, Kelli Seeger Kim, and Ivan Makarov.

We have a wonderful, lively discussion about social media and the new opportunities it brings to artists.

As always we close the show with our G+ Discoveries:
Sarah Jarrett, Barry Blanchard, Mitch Dobrowner, Nyk Fury, Klaus-Peter Kubik, David Pairé, and Tanya Rochat.

Thanks to Leo Laporte, Tony Wang, and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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A very fun show!

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Trey's Variety Hour #32: The Google+ Photographer's Conference Show

by Trey Ratcliff 5,556 views

Join me, Guy Kawasaki, Vic Gundotra, Jeremy Cowart, Nicole S. Young, and RC Concepcion for a fun-filled evening! Besides talking about the upcoming conference organized by Scott Kelby (more at http://gpluspc.com/ ) , we share some photos, hang out... you know... just chill out on camera with other photographers and stuff... keepin' it real or whatever that means...

Discoveries: David duChemin, Brad Moore, and Ray Caesar

Thanks to Leo Laporte, Tony Wang, and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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For Guy's book, go to http://www.yousendit.com/download/M3BrY05xeFhEbUpjR01UQw

Even Sergey Brin joined in the fun

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Trey's Variety Hour #31: Sony NEX-7 Camera Review Show

by Trey Ratcliff 24,331 views

Sergey Brin from Google, Kai Wong from Digital Rev, Gordon Laing from CameraLabs.com, Keith Barrett from Vidcast Network, and I (Trey Ratcliff from StuckInCustoms.com) talk about the Sony NEX-7 camera! See my full review at http://www.stuckincustoms.com/sony-nex-7-review/

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Trey's Variety Hour #30: The Great Aussie Photowalk

by Trey Ratcliff 2,498 views

Australian Photowalkers Michael N Sutton, Gretchen Chappelle, Mykal Hall, and Alexander Kesselaar join adopted Aussie Brian Rose from the Google+ Photos team, Keith Barrett and me for the show!

We have a great time sharing all kinds of photos and stories from the record setting photowalk in Australia.

Check the hashtag #TheWalkDownUnder on G+ for a cornucopia of cool posts about it: https://plus.google.com/s/%23TheWalkDownUnder

Sutton shared this really cool Google Spreadsheet of all the photo albums from the walk: http://goo.gl/6BqR2

We finish the show by sharing some G+ Discoveries:
Stephen Godfrey, David Savage, Michelle Robinson, Francis Gorrez, and Andrew Sanigorski.

Thanks to Leo Laporte, Tony Wang, and Dave Veffer for helping out with the whole production!

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Trey's Variety Hour #29: Festival of Colors and Colorful Characters

by Trey Ratcliff 2,462 views

Scott Jarvie guest hosts along with Thomas Hawk, Lotus Carroll, Ricardo Lagos, Devin Graham, Michael Bonocore, Jeremy Davies, David Daniels, and Jon Armstrong as they discuss the Holi Festival of Colors in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The gang shares a ton of photos as well as tips for keeping your gear safe and clean during the awesome insanity that the festival brings! We end the show with our G+ photographer discoveries.

G+ Discoveries:
Scott Stringham, Frank Hatcher, Brad Sloan, roma g, Eric James Leffler, Jake Easley, Natalia Stone, Jeremy Hall, and Barry Blanchard.

Thanks to Tony Wang from TWiT.tv and Dave Veffer for producing.

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Trey's Variety Hour #28: Pinterest, Photographers, Copyright, and all these soul-rending Topics!

by Trey Ratcliff 4,691 views

Thomas Hawk, Denise Howell, Kalebra Kelby, Patrick Di Fruscia , and Jodi Ettenberg join me for a lively discussion all about Pinterest, Photographers, Copyright, Online Sharing, etc etc...

Extra stuff includes but is not limited to: Sharing New Photography, Embarrassing Photos of Trey as a Kid, Other Photographer Discoveries...

G+ Discoveries:
Lars van de Goor, Adam Burton, Ken Kaminesky, Sam Scholes, Tanya Rochat, Mark Wiens, Daniel Nahabedian, Mimi Round, and Erick Cuichap.

Pinterest Links:
Trey: http://pinterest.com/treyratcliff/
Thomas: http://pinterest.com/thomashawk/
Kalebra: http://pinterest.com/flygirlkpie/
Denise: http://pinterest.com/denisemhowell/
Patrick: http://pinterest.com/difruscia/
Jodi: http://pinterest.com/jodiettenberg/

Thanks to Tony Wang from TWiT.tv and Dave Veffer for producing.

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1:51:43

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Trey's Variety Hour #27: iPads and Photography

by Trey Ratcliff 9,933 views

The new iPad! Photography! Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Eric Kim, Victor Cajiao, Teresa Stover, RC Concepcion, and Steve Stanger join me for a fun discussion about iPads and photography with a healthy sprinkling of street photography thrown in for your pleasure.

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Trey's Variety Hour #26: Canon 5D Mark III

by Trey Ratcliff 12,780 views

The Canon 5D Mark III -- Have you subscribed to the FREE iTunes podcast? http://goo.gl/ZAKd8 -- A discussion with Trey Ratcliff, Thomas Hawk, Gordon Laing, Nicole S. Young, Frederick Van Johnson, Mel Peifer, Scott Kublin, and Vic Gundotra.

G+ Discoveries mentioned:
Lars van de Goor, Mikko Lagerstedt, Jared Knutzen, Ben Canales, Mike Shaw, Susan Porter, Simon Morris, Ed Serecky, sly vegas, and Athena Carey.

Thanks to Tony Wang from TWiT.tv and Dave Veffer for producing.

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Trey's Variety Hour #25: PhotoWalk Fun

by Trey Ratcliff 1,894 views

Tom Anderson joins Trey to talk about their recent photowalk in LA. Also joining the fun are Brian Rose and Ricardo Lagos from the Google+ Photos team, Gordon Laing of Cameralabs.com, Jessica Ambats (pilot and photographer), and husband and wife Terrence and Liz Lui.

Thanks again to Leo Laporte and Tony Wang from TWiT.tv and Dave Veffer for producing.

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Trey's Variety Hour #24: Space and Photography with NASA Astronaut Ron Garan and more

by Trey Ratcliff 4,173 views

Ron Garan (NASA Astronaught) joins me, Gordon Laing, Jim Goldstein, Brad Goldpaint, Ben Canales, Randy Halverson and Darryl Van Gaal all hang out. We talk about all kinds of cool space stuff with Ron and his photography in space, astro-photography and time lapse photography.

Thanks to Dave Veffer for producing.

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1:03:28

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Trey's Variety Hour #23: Wearable Cameras of the Distant Future

by Trey Ratcliff 2,225 views

Daniel Suarez (author of Daemon) joins me, Leo Laporte, Kevin Kelly, and Gordon Laing to talk about Augmented Reality, Drone Swarms, Cameras and Art in the Future, and much much more

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1:44:55

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Trey's Variety Hour #22: Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Hangout

by Trey Ratcliff 10,127 views

Patrick Rothfuss, who I first discovered after reading "The Name of the Wind," has been a big influence for me. This is a very special show for me (sounds like a very special episode of Blossom, when she gets a visit from Aunt Flo), but you'll probably detect this while watching. During the first bit, we talked about art, sharing, the human condition, and unexpected benefits of creating art in a vacuum. In the second bit when Victoria Belmont joined, we started going off on all sorts of fantasy tangents. This may or may not have included dipping our wicks into Vaginal Fantasies.

Don't forget you can subscribe for free in iTunes: http://goo.gl/ZAKd8 (or other options at http://twit.tv/tvh) if you want to get these first, or have them available later on your computer, iPhone, or iPad.

Also, here is a Behind-the-Scenes pre-show video that I just posted, if you want even more of Patrick! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX8QoFAoKtg

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Trey's Variety Hour #21: Horror Stories!

by Trey Ratcliff 2,423 views

Scott Kelby, Jeremy Cowart, Nicole S. Young, Catherine Hall, Brian Matiash, Gordon Laing, and RC Concepcion all hang out and talk about horror stories from various things-gone-wrong on photo shoots!

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Trey's Variety Hour #20: Great Google+ Photographer Discoveries

by Trey Ratcliff 9,479 views

Some great google+ photographer discoveries... Even Sergey Brin joined in the fun! Join me, Thomas Hawk, Gordon Laing, Karen Hutton, Kelli Seeger Kim, and Chee Chew for an amazing show. We go through many great Google+ discoveries and share their work.

People featured include:

midori chan, Jaime Ibarra, Hengki Koentjoro, Todd Sisson, Klaus-Peter Kubik, Stefan Haworth, Klaudia J, Philippe Sainte-Laudy, Alan Shapiro, Laura Ferreira, Joe McNally, Mike Shaw, Lotus Carroll, Ivan Makarov, Vivienne Gucwa, Kerry Murphy, Mikko Lagerstedt, Ulf Bjolin, and Helminadia Ranford.

And thanks again to my production crew and the team at TWIT: Leo Laporte Lisa Kentzell Chad Johnson and Dave Veffer !

Ep. #19 - Are DSLRs Forever?

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Trey's Variety Hour #19: Are DSLRs forever?

by Trey Ratcliff 7,519 views

What's going on with the future of cameras? How are many pros thinking about this? DSLRs versus mirrorless? Join me, Zack Arias, Gordon Laing from Cameralabs.com , Frederick Van Johnson, James Brandon, Kelli Seeger Kim, RC Concepcion. And thanks to Dave Veffer and Keith Barrett!

Ep. #18 - Prepping for Photo Adventures and More

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Trey's Variety Hour #18: Prepping for Photo Adventures and More

by Trey Ratcliff 6,791 views

A great show! We talk about preparing our equipment and packing for photo adventures, and then about all other sorts of things... People involved with this one were Tom Anderson, Bradley Horowitz, Gordon Laing, Tarah Gaa, and Lily L. Thanks again to Dave Veffer for producing!

Ep. #16 - The Business of Photography

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Trey's Variety Hour #16: The Business of Photography

by Trey Ratcliff 2,766 views

Thank you to Dave Veffer for the transcript below! :)
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Time Code Summary
0:00:00 Intro

0:00:24 Photographer and blogger +James Brandon introduces himself.

0:01:14 Freelance photographer +Cliff Baise tells us about himself.

0:01:44 I +Dave Veffer introduce myself.

0:02:14 CameraLabs.com main man +Gordon Laing intros himself.

0:02:54 Live streamer extraordinaire +Keith Barrett tells us his story.

0:04:04 Trey gives a preliminary topic overview, his thoughts on the business of photography and give an inside look to how he does things.

0:10:14 Trey talks with Gordon about his business CameraLabs.

0:16:49 Trey introduces +RC Concepcion from Kelby Media Group.

0:17:49 We hear from +Anna Rumiantseva who just joined the hangout.

0:18:19 Photographer +Jacob Lucas joins in the fun.

0:20:59 Cliff talks about his business and workflow.

0:30:39 Anna talks about her desire to monetize her photography and shows us some of her work. Anna gets some advice from the group.

0:42:04 Jacob talks about how he makes money from photography then shares some of his photos.

0:49:04 James tells us about his photography business and what he did in the past.

0:57:04 A discussion breaks out about photography you make money from vs photography you're passionate about.

1:04:44 Trey introduces +Melissa Richardson who is having audio issues.

1:06:19 The group talks about photo education and workshops.

1:14:24 Melissa tells us about herself.

1:16:34 The Jarvie +Scott Jarvie joins the hangout and tells us about his wedding photography business.

1:23:24 Q&A Starts - Q: Can everyone mention their website?

1:27:34 Trey tells us about the Stuck in Customs empire.

1:33:08 Q: Trey, do you agree that you took a lot of negative feedback when you were starting out?

1:40:04 Q: Has anyone shot an HDR from a plane?

1:40:24 Q: Can you and your guests offer advice on selling photos?

1:48:04 Video ends but the hangout was pretty much over at this point. Thanks everyone for watching and joining in!

Ep. #15 - Getting Great Photos with Newbie Gear

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Trey's Variety Hour #15: Getting Great Photos with Newbie Gear

by Trey Ratcliff 5,712 views

Wondering if you can get great shots with newbie equipment? Guests include Lisa Bettany, Thomas Hawk, Gordon Laing, Matt Steiner, Lisa Bettany, Mel Peifer, Dave Veffer, Thor Carpenter, Keith Barrett, Matt Kloskowski!

Here is the TimeCode info below:

Time Code Summary
0:00:00 Intro

0:01:07 We start by meeting photographer, blogger, and Camera+ creator +Lisa Bettany.

0:04:09 Photographer and blogger +Thomas Hawk introduces himself.

0:04:55 Trey introduces Lightroom and Photoshop guru +Matt Kloskowski from Kelby Media Group.

0:07:50 We meet Engineering Lead for Google Photos +Matt Steiner.

0:09:40 +Gordon Laing from CameraLabs.com introduces himself.

0:10:20 Trey intros artist and photographer +Mel Peifer.

0:11:30 We meet member of the Google+ Hangouts team +Thor Carpenter.

0:12:20 Main discussion starts. Trey gives his preliminary thoughts on shooting with newbie equipment.

0:15:26 Lisa tells her story of when she started getting into photography and shares some thoughts on the topic.

0:20:00 We show some of Lisa's photos that she took with newbie gear and she talks about them.

0:31:20 Thomas shows some of his early photos and discusses them with the group.

0:37:55 Trey and Lisa talk about if the iPhone 4S existed 5 years ago when she got started would she ever have gotten a DSLR.

0:40:50 Back to Thomas showing his photos.

0:42:20 Gordon asks the group some questions about using a smartphone as a Polaroid to prep for the real shot.

0:45:50 Matt K. shares some of his early photos and shows us a Lightroom tip.

0:55:45 Gordon talks about his early days and shares some photos.

1:02:30 Trey asks Gordon about tips for not getting too submerged in gear and the art of photography. Gordon then shows off some gear.

1:09:24 Lisa talks about her upcoming trip to the Bahamas and shooting wild swimming pigs and asks about underwater housing.

1:13:35 Thor takes his turn discussing the topic and sharing photos.

1:17:18 Now it is Mel's turn and she shows several photos.

1:29:45 Wired Editor +Kevin Kelly joins the hangout and Trey introduces him and shows Kevin's photos which Kevin discusses as well as the topic.

1:36:50 Trey, Matt K., Kevin and the gang talk about photographers trying to hard to impress other photographers. The group then talks about haters and controversial topics.

1:49:00 Q&A begins. Q: Can you talk about shooting winter and snow and recommended camera settings?

1:51:45 Q: Any thoughts on taking great Christmas light photos?

1:53:45 Q: How much of the programming Trey and Lisa did on their iPad/iPhone apps?

1:56:40 Q: Suggestions for photowalks for newbies?

1:59:45 Q: Do you guys feel like the shepherds or participants when organizing photowalks?

2:01:40 Q: Do any of you enter competitions or contests?

2:03:55 Q: Question for Mel, where do you go shoot in Minneapolis?

2:07:00 Wrap up.

Ep. #13 - Completely Q&A Hangout

1:43:36

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Trey's Variety Hour #13: Q&A

by Trey Ratcliff 1,715 views

Trey Ratcliff and other professional photographers answer questions from the live chat room. Guests include: Gordon Laing, Scott Kublin, RC Concepcion, Ron Clifford, Bill Mckim, Jacob Grove, Dave Veffer, Julie Jamieson, Jacob Lucas, Shane Hunter, Keith Barrett, Karthik Amirapu, James Park, Gino Barasa, Lynden Smith, Joel Cyr, ashok mani, Giuseppe Basile

Here are the timecodes and stuff - thanks Dave Veffer for this!

Time Code Summary
0:00:00 Intro

0:00:40 Trey introduces tech reviewer +Gordon Laing from New Zealand.

0:02:30 We meet +Scott Kublin.

0:03:23 Trey intros landscape photographer (and other things) +Jacob Lucas.

0:04:05 Julie Jamieson's turn to tell us about herself.

0:05:08 Trey introduces me, +Dave Veffer. I talk about how Halloween was killed by the snow storm in NJ.

0:06:20 Keith Barrett talks a bit about his new VidCastNetwork site.

0:07:00 Q&A Starts. Gordon talks about mirrorless cameras and sensor sizes.

0:11:40 Q: Do you think RED Epic will take you to next level of HDR Photography?

0:16:00 Jacob talks about the Fuji X100.

0:18:20 Q: If you could only shoot with one lens for the rest of your life, what lens would you shoot with and why?

0:20:50 Q: When framing a shot, how many shots of that frame do you take?

0:24:35 Q: Rendering in Photomatix Pro. Do you adjust the raw before exporting to Photomatix?

0:28:20 Q: How has your workflow changed since using Lightroom Trey?

0:31:07 Q: Why do you carry both 14-24mm and a 24mm prime lenses Trey?

0:32:50 Q: What do you think about the rumored specs for the Nikon D800? A conversation about cameralabs.com ensues.

0:40:45 RC Concepcion joins the hangout.

0:41:20 Q: Why does chromatic aberration show up more on HDR and is it better with more expensive lenses?

0:45:00 Q: What print mediums do you find express your work best?

0:51:25 Q: What are good ways to tag photos to enhance SEO (Search Engine Optimization)?

1:01:05 Q: How can photography be used to highlight complex social issues? Should you give out photography for free to help highlight your work?

1:04:40 Q: How long does it take you to scout a spot? Discussion about Stuck on Earth.

1:08:10 Q: How do us poor soles with point and shoot cameras get good night shots without using a tripod?

1:13:40 Q: Do you have any plans for 2012? What places are you going to visit?

1:16:20 Q: How often do you come back to a spot to redo a shot?

1:19:10 Q: How do you avoid halos when processing HDRs?

1:22:00 Q: Should I enter contests to get noticed?

1:39:00 Q: What kind of advice would you offer to protect your work?

1:43:00 Wrap up.

Ep. #12 - Thomas Hawk, Nicole Young, Lotus Carroll, Nicole S. Young and More!

1:41:01

65

Trey's Variety Hour #12

by Trey Ratcliff 2,304 views

Trey hosts another in his series of his Google+ Hangout panel discussions. Guests: Thomas Hawk, Nicole Young, Lotus Carroll, Dave Veffer, Nicole S. Young, Keith Barrett, James Brandon, Cliff Baise, Erica Joyl, Eric Martindale, Julie Jamieson

Thank you Dave for the transcript below!

Time Code Summary
0:00:00 Intro

0:00:41 We meet photographer/blogger extraordinaire Thomas Hawk.

0:01:35 Erica Joy from Google introduces herself.

0:02:20 Food and stock photographer Nicole Young intros herself and shows off her book.

0:03:30 James Brandon from DPS introduces himself.

0:04:05 We meet Lotus Carroll mommy blogger and photographer.

0:04:46 Photographer and graphic designer Cliff Baise introduces himself.

0:05:28 IT dude and amateur photographer Dave Veffer (me) introduces himself (myself).

0:07:02 Keith Barrett, video streaming master from Disney intros himself.

0:08:01 Show starts. We start with Thomas sharing some of his photos. A conversation ensues about focus and HDR.

0:22:30 James shows some of his latest photos starting with his trip to Italy. Talks about a technique he has been using called luminosity masking.

0:34:37 Nicole's turn to show us her stuff. Shows us a cool diagram of one of her lighting setups and talks about her stock photography.

0:45:45 Trey shows some of his photos including some successes and a failure.

0:51:35 Trey loses his connection so we skip ahead to Lotus who shows a bunch of her photos.

1:01:50 Trey made it back and continues showing thing.

1:07:10 Erica shares her screen to show us her photos.

1:15:39 A brief discussion of what everyone is drinking kicks off.

1:16:35 Now we go to Cliff who shares his images.

1:23:17 The gang talks about Burning Man and Cliff shows more photos.

1:29:35 Nicole talks about her upcoming trip to Vietnam.

1:32:07 Thomas tells us a little about his trip to Detroit in January. Then a conversation about Stuck On Earth ensues followed by how good or bad technology works for us when traveling.

1:40:30 Wrap up.

Ep. #11 - Apple Store & Digital Workflow

1:13:17

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Trey's Variety Hour #11: Apple Store & Digital Workflow

by Trey Ratcliff 1,441 views

Trey talks with the audience at an Apple store about his photography process and HDR. Note there were a lot of technical challenges at the Apple store during the original live recording, so this video has been edited to present the more usable content.

Time Code Summary
0:00:00 Trey gets introduced / introduction.

0:02:28 Presentation begins. General introduction about HDR.

0:04:50 Trey starts showing HDR images and discusses them.

0:06:10 He talks about the science behind how your eyes and brain work when looking at color.

0:08:35 Shows the "duck/rabbit" image and talks about how the left and right brain interact and try to interpret the image. Shows other illusion type images and how the brain interprets them.

0:12:30 Talks about color temperature and how certain colors make you feel. Then shows several of his photos.

0:14:45 Trey gives some tips about HDR.

0:18:30 Shows us some unreleased photos.

0:19:26 Trey describes bracketing.

0:21:20 Talks about the effect you get from a wide angle lens.

0:22:08 Trey starts to talk about his workflow and workflows in general.

0:23:49 Tells us the benefits of SSD drives. Then back to workflow discussion.

0:27:20 Trey edits some images in Lightroom.

0:39:15 Trey discusses Silver Effects Pro 2 and black and white photography. Some screen sharing issues here while Trey is processing images.

0:44:57 We see the result of the image we were watching Trey process before.

0:45:30 Trey gives a lesson about being a photographer and a magician.

0:46:36 Shows more Lightroom stuff and talks about some images he may process and things he'll do to them.

0:52:00 Q&A starts. Q: How do you process a single raw?

0:54:50 Q: How do you time your trips to maximize your photographic opportunities? A: Stuck On Earth FTW!

0:56:56 Q: What gear do you take with you?

1:00:56 Q: How do you white balance?

1:01:40 Q: Asks about HDR merging using Photoshop instead of Photomatix.

1:03:20 Q: How do you compare Photomatix with Nik?

1:04:45 Q: Do you do photo walks in Austin? and San Antonio?

1:05:25 Q: Can you talk about your experience at Burning Man?

1:08:10 Q: Do you shoot first then ask permission later?

1:10:35 Q: What about photography rights at Burning Man?

Ep. #10 - Jeremy Cowart, Jaime Ibarra, RC Concepcion, Gordon Laing and More!

2:18:00

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Trey's Variety Hour #10: Jeremy Cowart, Jaime Ibarra, RC Concepcion...

by Trey Ratcliff 5,855 views

A great one... best ever? You decide :)

with guests: Jeremy Cowart, Jaime Ibarra, RC Concepcion, Angela Pan, Dave Veffer, Victor Cajiao, Gordon Laing, Kelli Seeger Kim, Anna Rumiantseva, Keith Barrett, Andy Stuart, Erik von Oy, Julie Jamieson, Sherry Siebel, Jacob Lucas, Bruce White, Tobias Roybal, Gary Harris, Jim Davis, James Brandon, Tom Samacicio, Matthew Wilkinson, Almushfi Saputra, Masis Usenmez

Thanks for the transcript below from Dave Veffer !

0:00:00 Intro by Trey

0:01:01 We meet blogger and photographer +Gordon Laing from New Zealand

0:02:34 Trey introduces entertainment/celebrity photographer +Jeremy Cowart with his dog and his kids.

0:03:30 Content developer and photographer +RC Concepcion introduces himself.

0:04:55 Trey introduces Mac and photography podcaster +Victor Cajiao.

0:06:27 Macro photographer and Mom +Kelli Seeger Kim introduces herself.

0:07:20 We say hi to photographer +Angela Pan.

0:08:20 We meet +Anna Rumiantseva who has been serious about photographer for about 1 year.

0:09:52 Trey introduces musician and photographer +Jaime Ibarra (Pronounced "Hi May").

0:12:36 Trey and Jeremy discuss the power of the HDR acronym and photography in general. RC jumps in as well.

0:21:20 Trey shows us his box.

0:22:10 Gordon talks about camera rumors (we now know the Canon 1D X was announced).

0:23:29 +Keith Barrett talks about his point and shoot and upgraded studio.

0:24:20 The gang talks about Nikon vs Canon.

0:25:39 Gordon talks about polarizing filters and how they can eliminate reflections, cut through haze and give a greater saturated image. Shows us and talks about some photos.

0:33:20 Angela shows a photo taken with a polarizer and HDR.

0:34:40 Gordon talks about more technical tips regarding polarizers.

0:36:10 Kelli discusses her use of polarizers and macro in general.

0:39:05 Anna talks about some of her macro work. She shows off some of her photos.

0:46:39 RC talks photographer/photography philosophy.

0:49:44 Trey gives his thoughts on new photographers and the group continues discussing photography in general.

0:54:40 Kelli shows us a photo and everyone chats about sharing photography and just being creative.

0:58:30 Jaime shares his screen, shows us a bunch of his work and discusses his process.

1:07:06 RC and company talk about photographer's bedside manner and how important it is in portrait photography.

1:11:00 Trey and Jaime discuss Jaime's technique and post processing style. Jaime tells us about how he has a condition where he hears colors.

1:15:10 Jeremy talks about his charity event Help Portrait where photographers around the country take portraits for people in need. RC tells us about his involvement.

1:25:04 RC shares some of his photos and tells us the stories behind them. Jaime shows us a lolcat shot in between images.

1:40:20 Trey shows a bunch of his unreleased photos and discusses them.

1:50:30 Victor's turn to show us some of his stuff.

1:55:20 I +Dave Veffer give an additional polarizer tip and show a before, middle, and after photo.

1:58:00 We talk about making home movies of the kids.

1:59:00 Angela shows one more photo of hers.

2:01:25 The gang talks about what they listen to when they want to pass the time...mostly audiobooks.

2:03:35 RC shows his favorite portrait of Trey.

2:04:35 Jeremy gives screen sharing one more try...and fail. Get Chrome Jeremy ;)

2:06:33 We meet +Andy Stuart from Scotland.

2:07:20 Trey tells us a Ukraine story.

2:09:40 Jaime shows us a couple more photos. The group talks more about the Ukraine.

2:15:19 RC tells us about his kickboxing past.

2:16:50 Wrap up.

Ep. #9 - Live on YouTube

1:59:47

68

Trey's Variety Hour #09: Live on YouTube

by Trey Ratcliff 4,548 views

Thanks everyone! Also thanks to the team at Google and YouTube for making this happen live, so everyone could watch real-time inside G+. We are working on the transcript-of-events now.

Ep. #8 - Photography Fun

1:32:34

69

Trey's Variety Hour #08: Photography Fun!

by Trey Ratcliff 2,201 views

Trey's Variety Hour Hangout #8 - Photography Fun!

Thanks it was a fun one! Sorry I am posting out of order... I posted #9 in my stream earlier. But, hey... I'm unorganized. This was another great one with +Thomas Hawk, +Gordon Laing, +Mike Wiacek, +Scott Jarvie, +Lotus Carrol, and more !

Thanks again to +Dave Veffer for writing the transcript below!

0:00:06 Show intro about machetes.

0:00:43 Trey introduces +Lotus Carroll of www.SarcasticMom.com - She is a mommy blogger, writer and photographer from Austin, TX

0:01:45 We meet +Thomas Hawk, who likes to take pictures, of www.ThomasHawk.com and every other photo sharing site.

0:02:45 +Gordon Laing of www.CameraLabs.com from New Zealand shows us the view outside.

0:03:33 Trey intros +Mike Wiacek who works on the Google security team and likes photography.

0:04:13 We say hello to +Kelli Seeger Kim, who really enjoys macro photography and is just getting started.

0:05:10 Wedding photographer who shoots people +Scott Jarvie, www.jarviedigital.com introduces himself.

0:05:42 Trey introduces +Jim Davis, a nature landscape photographer from Canada.

0:06:25 +Keith Barrett of www.KeithBarrett.com and www.KeithBarrett.tv introduces himself.

0:07:45 This is where they start talking about photos the hangout guests are working on.

0:08:26 Thomas shows images he has been working on. Thomas is about 2 years behind on processing but he skipped ahead and is showing something from a couple weeks ago at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.

0:15:00 Now Lotus shows us her photos from the same music festival. She mentions how she crops differently sometimes based on where the image will be shared.

0:17:53 Gordon's turn. He recently converted from Windows to his new Macbook Air (I did the same recently and it's awesome).

0:19:32 Gordon got his screen shared but immediately dropped his connection. :(

0:20:18 Kelli shows off some of her work taken with her new 100mm Canon macro lens. Trey mentions a tip about sugar water.

0:24:34 Now it is Jarvie's turn. He shows some images he took on stage during a concert at the Utah Symphony.

0:29:26 Lotus shows a macro of a flower and the gang discusses "poor man's macro" photography where you shoot with the lens off camera.

0:31:55 Discussion of lens changing techniques.

0:33:30 Portrait and wedding photographer +Dustin Meyer of www.dustinmeyer.com shows some of his photos.

0:38:56 Trey shares some of his new photos from Iceland and Burning Man as well as some discussion about his use of iPhoto for his portfolio final images.

0:45:45 Thomas discusses his thoughts on the awesomeness of Google+.

0:48:00 Lotus tells us what she thinks about Google+ and shares some advice for how to get a following.

0:49:21 Kelli chimes in with some of her thoughts on keeping an audience and what she gets out of the community here on Google+.

0:51:50 Street photographer +Leanne Staples of www.leannestaples.com shows us some of her images from the latest New York photo walk. A conversation about all the photo walks that have been happening because of G+ ensues.

0:58:35 Trey hints at his top secret iOS app that will be free and should be out soon. It will be called Stuck On Earth and it sounds very exciting.

1:00:12 We meet +Simon Gelfand from Israel and also +Philip Rawson from Missouri.

1:01:28 Leanne shows us another image and tells how she got the shot. Trey pulls up one of Leanne's images and discusses with Thomas. Leanne talks about her process.

1:09:41 Thomas and Leanne talk about shooting philosophy and about how with time and experience can come a way of seeing the world. A conversation about Google+ vs Flickr ensues.

1:13:20 Trey talks about his unplanned traveling lifestyle.

1:14:34 Leanne ponders what the future of photography is. Will photography be considered art? Thomas gives his thoughts.

1:18:17 Thomas talks about how he manages to shoot and process as many images as he does.

1:19:54 The group discusses how photographs can age like wine and what the future will hold.

1:23:19 Lotus gives her thoughts on shooting self portraits. Trey is so excited he can't contain himself. ;)

1:26:44 Trey shows off his Hello Kitty Fujifilm camera that he got in China.

1:28:10 Wrap up conversation. We finally find out who is or isn't wearing pants.

Ep. #7 - Photography Projects

1:16:56

70

Trey's Variety Hour #07: from China - Photography Projects

by Trey Ratcliff 1,467 views

Another fun public hangout. And #8 is coming up on Sunday at 5 PM ET. This one has photo critiques, new projects from photographers, gear talk, and all sorts of things. Here is a rundown of a few highlights...

0:47 +Cliff Blaise introduces himself and is followed by the Google Bot +Shirley Lo

2:00 +Lotus Carroll says hello and says that I have no influence on her whatsoever. She mentions her PhotoWalk with +Robert Scoble and +Thomas Hawk and more in Austin. Next up with intros is +Colby Brown

3:20 We hear from the male, bearded version of Shirley Lo named +Dave Veffer . Then comes +Christa Laser , the bespectacled IP lawyer.

4:35 Intros from +Jacob and +Alexander and +Keith Barrett who I thank for hosting the event!

7:25 Lotus talks about her latest projects... and a bit how she manages all her photos with Lightroom

9:25 Shirley talks about "Plushkins," which then ensues in a tiny amount of hilarity before we hear from Colby's new project.

19:00 Jacob shows us his circular polarizer ... and I was muted a bit so it made for a conversational gap that I apologize for.

24:30 We start screen-sharing and showing recent work... part of the new Google+ Hangouts with Extras feature.

33:00 A photo cirque from Shirley... on the spot!

39:00 +Dave Veffer tells us about his man-love for SmugMug and how he would like to work there doing IT work. See that +Chris MacAskill and +Don MacAskill ? (I hope his _current_ employer does not see this).

45:30 Cliff talks about his recent shoot and wonders how much to charge a client for his work...

Ep. #6 - Google Photos

1:05:45

71

Trey's Variety Hour #06: Google Photos

by Trey Ratcliff 2,435 views

Google+ Photos: Photographer Trey Ratcliff hosts a Google+ Hangout with Google+ photos community manager Brian Rose.

Hangout Guests: Sara Collaton, Keith Barrett, Beau Kahler, Robert Scoble, Brian Matiash, Dustin Meyer, Andrey Tochilin, Jacob Lucas, shirley lo, Dave Veffer

Ep. #5 - Gordon Laing & Thomas Hawk

1:13:48

72

Trey's Variety Hour #05: Gorden Laing & Thomas Hawk

by Trey Ratcliff 2,464 views

*New Video Hangout! New cameras, photo-chatter...and more!*

Did you know +Sergey Brin called up +Thomas Hawk on google hangouts? The story is in here!

We had all sorts... and everything we discussed with timestamps is below. +Gordon Laing talks a lot about new cameras... +Brian Rose from Google Photos, +Thomas Hawk joins us with several people on his couch including +Chris Chabot from Google, +Lotus Carroll appears

0:50 +Godron Laing from CameraLabs.com joins us from Queenstown and makes us jealous with his view.

2:25 +Brian Rose from Google Photos says hello and talks about an upcoming PhotoWalk

3:10 +Thomas Hawk says hello and introduces Chris Chabot and +Sly Vegas and says +Madonna is joining his PhotoWalk

5:10 +Lotus Carroll says hello and talks about her site and stuff

5:30 +Scott Kublin says hello... mentions my workshops.. and NO, I'm not planning any workshops for the rest of the year or even next year (too busy). We also mention that Scott is re-building the new version of www.HDRSpotting.com

8:00 +Karen Hutton , professional voice actor, joins us and accidentally mentions the secret new app (really was an accident... I'm not clever enough to have plants in the audience... well, I guess I am... but I wouldn't do that)

9:10 *Camera Talk* Gordon tells us about these new cameras from Sony

13:30 I ask if many of us really need DSLRs any more?? To be replaced with this new style?

22:00 I ask +Thomas Hawk if he would ever use a camera where he doesn't look through an optical viewfinder

27:00 Gordon mentions a few other benefits of these new cameras

31:00 I say a few things about Amateur vs. Pro categories...

34:00 Discussion about the new Cannon 8-15mm lens with Thomas Hawk and Gordon

38:00 Brian Rose talks about working at Google AND taking photos

42:07 A long build up from a quizzical guest who says he says HDR, with no offense, of course...

45:00 Gordon talks about chips and next-gen stuff... Megapixels vs low light and whatnot.

52:00 a model, Sly's girlfriend joins us...

54:00 Thomas Hawk talks about dropping his internet bombs on his blog...

58:30 An amazing +Sergey Brin story from Thomas!

1:03:00 Brian Rose talks about the most requested features for Google Photos

1:06:00 Thomas tells a story about how taking photos in Long Beach ended up with the FBI visiting his house, asking if he harbored any ill-will against the United States !!!!!!!!!!!!!

1:08:30 +Chris Chabot from Google says a few things

1:12:00 A bit of lens advice from Gordon...

Ep. #4 - Photographer Struggles

1:38:44

73

Trey's Variety Hour #04: Photographer Struggles

by Trey Ratcliff 2,727 views

*A Google+ Hangout from +Tom Anderson's mansion* (_ahem_ his 2nd one) ! But, too bad Tom wasn't there... he's off in Hawaii doing wonderful things... we did a photography-centric.

+RC Concepcion +Alfie Goodrich +Lotus Carrol

:45 +Alfie Goodrich introduces himself and talks about what he does in Tokyo at Japanorama.com

...many other introductions from invited guests and people from the public that popped in...

9:00 +Mike Wiacek from Google joins us and introduces himself

11:30 We start talking about what we're struggling with in photography... and we hear from +Beau Kehler

13:00 Alfie Goodrich gives a great tip for using a flash

16:00 Alfie talks about what he has trouble with... and how he deals with blocks

20:30 +Lotus Carroll talks about getting out of her comfort zone with *street photography* and taking photos of people

30:00 +Mike Wiacek from Google talks about what he is struggling with photography

35:00 +Shirly Lo says something quite poetic about what she is working on... just before +Jim Davis joins the hangout

38:00 *I give my explanation of my workflow and how approach unprocessed photos.* (I bold this because it is a concern I hear a lot)

48:00 Alfie talks about his workflow a bit

50:00 I get a question about my workflow... I talk about my workflow.. kinda...

54:30 I give a quick tour of part of Tom's mansion... its super-dark... darker than a bear's den...

1:05:00 Jim Davis talks about how he watermarks his images...

1:07:00 +RC Concepcion *arrives in style!*

1:09:30 I ask RC all about his new HDR Book (which you can buy at Amazon)

1:12:00 I try briefly to talk RC into writing an ebook for Flatbooks.com like +Lisa Bettany

1:12:30 RC talks about a better way to do watermarks.

1:18:40 RC (now with his lights on) talks about what he is struggling with lately...

1:23:00 I ask RC, since he is a great teacher, about how people learn Photoshop and how they overcome blocks.

Ep. #3 - Colby Brown / Lisa Bettany / Chris MacAskill

1:37:09

74

Trey's Variety Hour #03: Colby Brown / Lisa Bettany / Chris MacAskill

by Trey Ratcliff 3,839 views

We had all kinds of people join us... Even +Lisa Bettany joined us in person about 20 minutes in... we took a cool tour of SmugMug with +Chris MacAskill and saw all the art on the walls... and all sorts of other stuff... And, we got to talk for a long time with +Colby Brown and got to know all about him and his photography!

1:55 +Brian Matiash says hello

3:15 +Christa Laser talks about her IP stuff and our future hangout and +Chris MacAskill says something wonderfully lecherous that he didn't quite mean that way

9:10 +Colby Brown talked about why he's focused on Google+

19:30 +Brian Matiash talks about his Google+ followers versus Twitter followers

23:47 +Lisa Bettany blows into the studio and then +Colby Brown talks about how he got started

33:30 +Lisa Bettany asks about printing photos and then we start a long discussion about this sort of thing. +Chris MacAckskill gives many good ideas and insights

40:00 +Colby Brown talks about his printing stuff

43:00 +Shirly Lo talks about her print

43:50 I talk about how I get stuff printed

46:00 We start showing all the photo art around the offices

49.55 +Lisa Bettany starts fondling batman

53:50 I talk through some of my photos that are on the walls.

1:13:15 +Damon joins the hangout

1:14:20 +Colby Brown and +Brian Matiash talk about panoramas

1:18:00 +William Been joins us from Florida

1:19:00 +Dave Cox talks about his work and it sounds like they are doing something with +Claire Grant and Team Unicorn

1:27:00 I talk more about my meeting with +Chee Chew and our talk about Google hangouts

1:29:00 +Don MacAskill tells a nice story about design and Apple and Google. +Andy Herzfield

1:32:00 +Lisa Bettany talks about Camera+

Ep. #2 - Cali Lewis & John Poz

1:09:00

75

Trey's Variety Hour #02: Cali Lewis & John Poz.

by Trey Ratcliff 3,052 views

Trey Ratclif hosts a Google+ Hangout at Livid Lobster with Cali Lewis and John Poz. of GeekBeat tv.

Ep. #1 - Lisa Bettany

1:20:28

76

Trey's Variety Hour #01: Lisa Bettany

by Trey Ratcliff 25,268 views

Since these hangouts are so much fun, we figured out a way to record and broadcast them live! For this first one, I asked +Lisa Bettany to join up, and we had a really nice talk. Also, all other sorts of people joined along the way... really really fun stuff... and happy to share it! I owe +Keith Barrett a big thanks, since he made this possible. We have a second one we recorded too that is getting uploaded now....

Below is a set of time stamps where you can scrub forward if you see something of interest. Enjoy!

1:17 - I give a little view from Switzerland, where we recorded this Hangout.

4:20 - +Chee Chew from Google+ (he manages the Hangout Team) joins us! He may or may not talk about a "secret button" for injecting himself into any Hangout.

12:30 - Lisa talks about how she has switched almost entirely to Google+

15:05 - Lisa starts talking about how she wishes Canon had a wide angle lens like Nikon

20:50 - Lisa asks me what stuff I take with me when I travel...

24:00 - A videographer in the hangout tells us about his Kata bag

26:30 - +Sara Collaton joins the hangout! We talk a bit about street photography with her. And then we go off on a nice street-photography tangent... and I share a tip I learned from +Alfie Goodrich

38:00 - Horror stories with Lisa.

46:30 - Lisa asks me how I arrange these trips (secret hint moment)

49:00 - Mitch asks me who writes my apps (it is +Mark Powell )

54:10 - Lisa asks a technical HDR question

1:01:30 - We talk about post-processing, eyes, truth, and other dreamy-sounding things...

1:03:20 - I talk about a strange RAW image discussion with +Neal Stephenson

1:09:00 - Someone in the hangout asks us about what line we won't cross in Photoshop

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