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The new Photography Engagers Circle is here from the +Photo Exchange Club 

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The new Photography Engagers Circle is here from the +Photo Exchange Club 
You are guaranteed to find a lot of interesting photographers in this group. 

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The updated  Pʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ ENGAGERS Cɪʀᴄʟᴇ is here! 
Period: Mar 13 – Mar 26,  2014

A Curated Content Circle designed as Google+ intended!

Public:  Just add this circle and enjoy the photos in your stream!
Participants: Do you qualify? Read this >>http://goo.gl/pRqyxR 

Quick start instructions:
➊  Post a URL link to a recent G+ photo in the comments below 
➋ Click photo links from others and +1, comment, and/or share 
➌  Publicly share this circle-post, from another person's stream
➍  *Add this circle* / replace it often to save circle time updating
➎  *+1 this post* to say thanks to the curator and promote the PEC!

The only required action is #1: share a photo from your stream in the last 2 weeks in the comments below.   The next PEC Circle will come out on Mar 27.  

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

Participation here qualifies you to enter the contest.  Last week's winner was +Jesse Martineau – see here >>http://goo.gl/UXlCTH

The Biggest Ripple Award goes to >> +Sairam Sundaresan << with a chain of 13 shares!  Thanks to all those that helped: +Miguel Almeida Sharing, +Björn Kleemann, +Sergio Miranda, +Robin Cohen, +Vinod Kalathil, +Debashish Samaddar, +Septimiu Catona, +Rodney Campbell, +Dominique Bonnet, +Heiko Köster, and +Francisco Esteban !  

Average Ripple length for the whole circle = 3.17!  *Good!*  

See the 2014 Winners Photo Album >>http://goo.gl/pzCz4B and the 2014 Honorable Mentions Album >>http://goo.gl/b9o9LA
for Contest history!  (2013 Album >>http://goo.gl/prDTcA)

A special thanks to +Wick Sakit, +Ron Clifford, +Alan Shapiro, and +Rodney Pike    : )   Thank you for visiting & sharing!

#photographycircle   #photo_exchange_club   #curatedcontent   #curatedcircle   #photographers   #gplusphotos  

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What happened to that kid?

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A #blastfromthepast  from 1982. Yep, that's me at the top, at age 19…I had just joined a vocal group and started touring the world… The group is still going strong (personnel has changed a bit over the years), but we'll be headed back to this city in late summer… do you know where it is?
  You can see what we look like today in this music video we did a couple years ago in and around Prague http://youtu.be/YSlvfgwVWKE

+Blast From The Past is curated by +Cheryl Cooper +Mark Rodriguez & +Isabelle Fortin 

#throwbackthursday  

What happened to that kid?
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A #blastfromthepast  from 1982. Yep, that’s me at the top, at age 19…I had just joined a vocal group and started touring the world… The group is still going strong (personnel has changed a bit over the years), but we’ll be headed back to this city in late summer… do you know where it is?
You can see what we look like today at http://www.heritagesingers.com 

+Blast From The Past is curated by +Cheryl Cooper +Mark Rodriguez & +Isabelle Fortin 

#throwbackthursday

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Sentinel in the Mist

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 For #treetuesday ,  I just love my backyard redwood  tree…. it's right outside my home-office window, and catches my gaze whenever I'm pondering the deeper things of life…

#TreeTuesday ( +Tree Tuesday )  Curated by +Christina Lawrie ,  +Shannon S. Myers , +Allan Cabrera , +Ralph Mendoza and +Kim Troutman

#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography +Landscape Photography Show +Margaret Tompkins +Jim Warthman +Kevin Rowe +Johan Peijnenburg +David Heath Williams +Tom Hierl +Carolyn Lim +Tom Sloan +Howard L. Smith +Kai Kosonen +Tony Heyward +Sheila B. DuBois +Sandra Brown +Vishal Kumar +Toshi Nakamura +David Pilasky

#hqsplandscape , +HQSP Landscape curated by +Michael Garza +Nader El Assy +Vinod Krishnamoorthy +Luca Ferroglio +midori chan +Craig Loxley +Rob Tilley

Sentinel in the Mist

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The Careless album from the Chrysta Rae Photography Scavenger Hunt

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There are a lot of awesome fun shots in this one!

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Today is DAY FIVE of REVEALS from the 2014 NEW YEAR, NEW HUNT round of the +Chrysta Rae Photography Scavenger Hunt!!!

What is the photography scavenger hunt?
Only the most fun you can have with your camera!!

I host this event every season for anyone of any level of photography to participate.
I open the game up to 500 Photographers
I give you 10 items to shoot 
I give you around 2 months to shoot and enter your photos.
Then I have them judged by amazing photographers
(this round's judges were +Alan Shapiro +Mike Shaw +Thomas Hawk +Mark Rodriguez and +Derek Kind   

I then open the albums up to the public – which is this stage.
Later today I will be posting the winners from this album.
There are 10 categories: Today is the "*CARELESS*" album, see previous posts for the "STEAM", "EMBRACE", "HUNGOVER" and "HEALTHY" albums.

This event is an amazing way to use your camera in new ways. 
It gets you seeing things in new ways.
It helps improve your photography skills, gives you a huge audience, and let's everyone celebrate each other's successes. 

The group of "scavengers" that participate create a community unlike any other on G+. Support, encouragement  friendships even some  #huntsmack  is enjoyed. 
We become a family over the course of the round. 

This is a negative-free zone – I have zero tolerance for any critiques that are uninvited. 
Please be respectful and remember that every person went out there and took the time to shoot these images 
and put thought into them and tried their best. 
As always, I am proud of every single one of you.

(NONE of the images were taken by ME – this is a collection of images taken by multiple photographers participating in the scavenger hunt. ALL COPYRIGHTS APPLY)

With that – I present to you the "CARELESS" album,
1 item seen in 159 different ways.
 

(album cover image by +François Charette)

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Day 3 of Photography Scavenger Hunt reveals are today

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Embrace
Lots of wonderful (and fun) images in this great album.
You'll find my photo in here with my wife embracing life on the shore of Lake Tahoe

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day is DAY THREE of REVEALS from the 2014 NEW YEAR, NEW HUNT round of the +Chrysta Rae Photography Scavenger Hunt!!!

What is the photography scavenger hunt?
Only the most fun you can have with your camera!!

I host this event every season for anyone of any level of photography to participate.
I open the game up to 500 Photographers
I give you 10 items to shoot 
I give you around 2 months to shoot and enter your photos.
Then I have them judged by amazing photographers
(this round's judges were +Alan Shapiro +Mike Shaw +Thomas Hawk +Mark Rodriguez and +Derek Kind  

I then open the albums up to the public – which is this stage.
Later today I will be posting the winners from this album.
There are 10 categories: Today is the "*EMBRACE*" album, see previous posts for the "HUNGOVER" and "HEALTHY" albums.

This event is an amazing way to use your camera in new ways. 
It gets you seeing things in new ways.
It helps improve your photography skills, gives you a huge audience, and let's everyone celebrate each other's successes. 

The group of "scavengers" that participate create a community unlike any other on G+. Support, encouragement  friendships even some  #huntsmack  is enjoyed. 
We become a family over the course of the round. 

This is a negative-free zone – I have zero tolerance for any critiques that are uninvited. 
Please be respectful and remember that every person went out there and took the time to shoot these images 
and put thought into them and tried their best. 
As always, I am proud of every single one of you.

(NONE of the images were taken by ME – this is a collection of images taken by multiple photographers participating in the scavenger hunt. ALL COPYRIGHTS APPLY)

With that – I present to you the "EMBRACE" album,
1 item seen in 175 different ways.
 

(album cover image by +Ricardo Williams )

#hugs   #embrace   #embracing   #chrystaraephotographyscavengerhunt    #love   #loving  

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Better Late than Never

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Here in the Napa Valley, we usually get the wild mustard blossoms carpeting the dormant vineyards in late January… This year, due to the lack of rain until February, things are coming in a bit late… 
  Now all we need is a couple of days of sunshine to get our full-scale yellow overload!

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

#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography +Landscape Photography Show +Margaret Tompkins +Jim Warthman +Kevin Rowe +Johan Peijnenburg +David Heath Williams +Tom Hierl +Carolyn Lim +Tom Sloan +Howard L. Smith +Kai Kosonen +Tony Heyward +Sheila B. DuBois +Sandra Brown +Vishal Kumar +Toshi Nakamura +David Pilasky

#hqsplandscape , +HQSP Landscape curated by +Hallie Guilfoyle +Michael Garza +Nader El Assy +Vinod Krishnamoorthy +Luca Ferroglio +midori chan

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Here in the Napa Valley, we usually get the wild mustard blossoms carpeting the dormant vineyards in late January… This year, due to the lack of rain until February, things are coming in a bit late…
Now all we need is a couple of days of sunshine to get our full-scale yellow overload!

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

#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography +Landscape Photography Show +Margaret Tompkins +Jim Warthman +Kevin Rowe +Johan Peijnenburg +David Heath Williams +Tom Hierl +Carolyn Lim +Tom Sloan +Howard L. Smith +Kai Kosonen +Tony Heyward +Sheila B. DuBois +Sandra Brown +Vishal Kumar +Toshi Nakamura +David Pilasky

#hqsplandscape , +HQSP Landscape curated by +Hallie Guilfoyle +Michael Garza +Nader El Assy +Vinod Krishnamoorthy +Luca Ferroglio +midori chan

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We'll be going live with +The Photoshop Show in about 15 minutes…

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We'll be going live with +The Photoshop Show in about 15 minutes…
Special guest +David Biedny 
Click in the event link below.

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He's Back and we are excited to Host another show with the King of Photoshop +David Biedny!  

+David Biedny is and he's back to engage us in some Photoshop chops like only David can!

The Jedi Master of Photoshop.

David Tells  me he will be  be talking about the power of channels, Curves, advanced sharpening, and the magic of blue screen matte extraction and spill removal ……..but ………if you know him,  you will know no matter what he demonstrates, it will be awesome!

David will also  briefly demonstrate one of my secret weapons ,   imaging that is NOT Photoshop.  Oh the rumours that may start!

Myself ( +Ron Clifford ) and +Jan Kabili  along with +Dave Bell and +Erika Thornes  want to invite you to the most relevant online Photoshop Show available.

The Show is live but will also be available to view and review right after here on the event and later on the Show YouTube channel here:
http://bit.ly/14h2GsZ

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I had the privilege of being behind the camera for the filming of this episode of…

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I had the privilege of being behind the camera for the filming of this episode of The Chat with +Karen Hutton 
   Jennifer Freeman is an incredible young woman, setting her own course as an actor in Hollywood… in an industry which will continuously pressure you to compromise your integrity… A powerful chat!

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All New!! THE CHAT with Karen Hutton & my guest Jennifer Freeman!
Story on my blog today: http://bit.ly/1luP35Z.

I sat down with actress Jennifer Freeman during an +Annette Biggers photo shoot at the famed +Castello di Amorosa in the Napa Valley awhile back. I had just met Jennifer that weekend, but I knew she had a story to tell.

Despite being nervous about interviews (I explained the difference between "The Chat" and "an interview". She was delighted to discover the difference! Heehee), she was game enough to take the time to share some of her inspiring story. 

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