If you have a burning question about Adobe products & Creative Cloud, jump into…

If you have a burning question about Adobe products & Creative Cloud, jump into the live chat room tonight for +The Photoshop Show tonight 6pm Pacific, 9pm Eastern, with our special guest: Adobe Chief Customer Advocate Jeff Tranberry

Click the event link below to view the show.
The live chat will be at http://bit.ly/165EgsX 

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The bridge between your requests and questions and the Adobe engineers is our featured guest this week! 

questions about "The Creative Cloud*, or the new bundle for photographers, or features, or what might be in store??

Join us Tuesday evening and meet Adobe Chief Customer Advocate Jeff Tranberry

Jeff lives and works in Minneapolis, Minnesota where Adobe has a small engineering outpost in the Twin Cities with the majority of folks working on Lightroom, Photoshop, Revel and Premiere Pro. His Main role is to focus on customer advocacy and customer engagement. "I spend about half my time engaged directly with our customers in person or through social media. You may have exchanged comments with me on Twitter, Facebook for Photoshop or Lightroom, our Community Forums for Photoshop or Lightroom, or our Feedback site.  I also work closely with all our digital imaging product development teams to add the features and tweaks I hear our customers ask for. I really enjoy working and talking with photographers and designers – and being a bridge to the engineers who pour their hearts and expertise in digital imaging science into our products. I couldn't ask to work with more passionate customers and teammates".

":At the end of the day, I want our customers to be successful and productive and have fun at the same time whether they’re using Photoshop, Lightroom, or Elements".

Live interactive chat,ask your questions: http://bit.ly/165EgsX
Watch on Youtube: http://bit.ly/16ewICk

Our amazing Panel so far tonight is +Dave Bell and +Erika Thornes  with a possible surprise or two to come!

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Another great episode of +Karen Hutton's "The Chat" released today…

Another great episode of +Karen Hutton's "The Chat" released today!
With the fabulous +Nicole S. Young.
So much good stuff packed into a 15-min interview.
Watch it now!

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THE CHAT with Karen Hutton is live!!
For those of you who guessed +Nicole S. Young as my guest today… HIGH FIVE!! You are correct!!
Blog post: http://bit.ly/17DIqFz

If 'living your life as an artist' for you means doing photography as a business… then this episode is a must see! Nicole is such an inspiration of creativity force-meets-business.

I always joke that by the time I've had coffee in the morning, she's written 3 eBooks! I just love how her mind works; the artistic and business sides are best buddies. They are not in conflict, they love each other. They work with each other. They help each other. And her growing empire is the result. She inpires me every time I talk to her… and I was stoked to get to do just that on this week's episode of The Chat!

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Hey, you've got a good chance at winning some +SmugMug awesomeness

rapper”>+SmugMug awesomeness. Just follow the instructions in the post below.

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Lucky #7….Win A Year Of SmugMug
Photo By +Mark Rodriguez 

Friday the 13th is usually known as an unlucky day…. well we would like to change that. How about Lucky #7? Starting now through Monday, September 16th, we will be giving away SEVEN Portfolio accounts ($150 value).

How to enter

1) Reshare this post and tell your friends!
2) Comment right here with a link to your favorite photo…one that you think would look amazing on the New SmugMug

Want to set up your beautiful SmugMug with 30% off right now? Use the code FRIDAY13 when you sign up to receive 30% off your first year. If you happen to also win, your prize will be credited to your second year.

Not only will you get unlimited storage, but a SmugMug Portfolio account also includes commerce, so you can start selling those prints! Check out the plan comparisons at http://www.smugmug.com/features

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Great concept and photo by +Mark Rodriguez

Check out how Mark created this spooky scene

https://plus.google.com/u/1/110573952887886961621/posts/8TmDM4dRV3F

#FridayThe13th #Photography   #Jason  

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Spider Jump

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It's really quite simple… On the run to meet with some friends up Las Vegas Blvd during Photoshop World. Stopped to try an HDR of the mini-Eiffel Tower… after first 3 exposures went, some cars were getting in the way, and it wasn't likely to get better soon… so I grabbed the tripod while it was still auto-bracketing… and this 10-second f/16 exposure showed up.
  It's completely random…completely accidental…but I like it, and did a bit more playing with it in LR and Nik until I liked it more!
  Sometimes interesting things happen all on their own. Just be on the lookout, and smile and be thankful when it happens. 
  Why Spider Jump?  It's just what popped into my head looking at the neon spidery thingy in the upper right corner… 😀

Spider Jump
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More on this in a bit….

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Four of the most fabulous landscape photographers on the planet +Karen Hutton +Nicole…

Four of the most fabulous landscape photographers on the planet +Karen Hutton +Nicole S. Young +Thomas Hawk & +Trey Ratcliff  got together to talk about (and show) how to shoot and process better sunset photos. It's worth a watch!
 *Also* you can join in the fun by participating in +The Weather Channel  September 19 #SunsetDay by shooting and submitting a Sep 19 Sunset pic.

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#hangoutsonair

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Roadside Greeter

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This little sunflower stuck its head right out toward the road where my wife & I take our daily walk. It had some huge, droopy, wilted relatives around and above…but it still gave us a bright cheery greeting.

The +FloralFriday theme was created by +Tamara Pruessner and is co-curated by +Beth Akerman, +Kiki Nelson, and +Eustace James.
#floralfriday  

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The updated Photography Engagers Circle is ready

You'll find nothing but.. well… engaging photographers in this hand-curated circle.

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Here's the new Pʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ ENGAGERS Cɪʀᴄʟᴇ!  [Sept 12, 2013]
The most engaged circle on the planet, fully curated for content!

Do you qualify?  Curation Info >>http://goo.gl/pRqyxR
Please answer (+1 your choice) the Poll in the 1st two comments

Quick start instructions:
➀  post a URL link to a recent G+ photo in the comments below,
➁  check out photos from others and +1 and comment on them,
➂  publicly share this circle-post, from a new friend's stream (instead of ours)
➃  +1 this post to say "thanks", and add this circle  (replace it every week)

The only required action is that you share a photo from your stream last week in the comments below.  All other engagement here has other, indirect benefits, and is your choice!

The optional Photo of the Week Contest that complements this photo share is here >>http://goo.gl/Luxldd

Participation here qualifies you to enter the contest.  Last week's winner was +Rodney Campbell, see his photo here >>http://goo.gl/HOQWdJ.

The Biggest Ripple Award goes to  >>> +Brian Dukes <<<  with a chain of 13 shares – a new record!  Thanks to all those that helped: +Michael Sonntag, +Günter Schurr, +Stefan Seidel, +Andreas Levi, +Britta Rogge, +BackCountry Navigator, +Miguel Almeida, +Christian Vollmar, +Sergio Miranda, +Nicole Gruber and +Maria Blosser!!

Average Ripple length for the whole circle = 3.5!  That means the average share of this post goes 3.5 levels deep, creating more connections and a stronger network.  This number also generally sets a value on the content  of the post, compared to the author.

See the Winners Photo Album http://goo.gl/ffWHe for Contest history!

#curatedcontent   #photographycircles   #topcircles  

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