My Photo Guides

Istanbul, Turkey I've been to Europe, Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand, so I wanted to try something a little more adventurous this time. I heard a fair amount of warnings before the trip (given all the propaganda Americans have been fed over the past 10 years, plus State Department warnings), but the people were very welcoming and generous, especially when the car broke down in a stone village which had more tractors than cars, with no one around who spoke English. For some reason you won't get comment boxes on individual photos if you click on the photos below; you have to go straight to the album this way: https://plus.google.com/photos/107459220492917008623/albums/5646672037554147281 I've let Brian Rose know so the Photos team can take a look at that.

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

Istanbul August 2010

A DAY IN THE WORLD OF GOOGLE+! September 1, 2011 With all of the Google+ photowalks going on this coming Thursday evening, let's open it up to everyone worldwide! Grab a few friends, and get out for some photography. Here are 4 locations so far: Burning Man +Jeffrey Sullivan, +Joe Azure, possibly +Trey Ratcliff. Meet 7pm at The Man. We're trying to schedule a ride on the 60 foot 3-masted square-rigged frigate (painted blue and yellow) named "The Monaco". Berkeley Thomas Hawk, Chris Chabot... http://plancast.com/p/72hd Los Angeles Brian Rose, Vincent Mo, Thomas Kang Roshni Malani Dave Cohen... http://g.co/maps/jjq5 New York Leanne Staples, Vivienne Gucwa https://plus.google.com/u/0/105336425684208963598/posts/ZavgeSSDsAH You can find nearby Google+ users on http://www.findpeopleonplus.com/ and create a local photographers circle, then invite them to join you, and to spread the word! So where will you be shooting this Thursday evening?

I realized this two years ago when I found myself in a hospital emergency room. Life is short; there is no excuse not to live it to the fullest! Originally shared by Alireza Yavari “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” Steve Jobs, Stanford commencement speech, June 2005

Thanks Jarek Klimek for including me on your latest list of recommended photographers! Originally shared by Jarek Klimek 165 Users Google+ Photographers Need To Follow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The list was UPDATED on August 29. 53 new names have been added to the list. Read the Story behind the list on my G+ About page. G+ Photography Celebrities (20000+ followers) . Catherine Hall Catherine is the first celebrity who mentioned the list live in the show . She is the host of http://www.twit.tv/photo show and is also an awesome pro photograher . Catherine is an eager promoter of this list and her enthusiasm brings more and more exposure for the photograhers who are mentioned there. Lisa Bettany http://profiles.google.com/118418436905562612953 Thomas Hawk http://profiles.google.com/104987932455782713675 Trey Ratcliff http://profiles.google.com/105237212888595777019 Darren Rowse - founder of Digital Photography School http://profil

Images from my Blog Here's an album Google+ auto-created from posts to my blog at www.MyPhotoGuides.com . https://plus.google.com/photos/107459220492917008623/albums/5110510049163163345 I thought it was a regular Picasa album, so I started to delete duplicates... then after the first few dozen, I actually read the warning that doing so would also delete the photos from my blog. Oops. Feel free to share these if you like (thanks!). I shared the album early on when I first joined Google+ and had few circle contacts, so few people have seen them so far.

Ten more images from the Burning Man event, added to the front of the album below. For anyone not familiar with this event, Burning Man is an annual experiment in human interaction, a temporary city of 50,000 people, a "no commerce" environment where you give to the community with no expectation of anything in return. It is established in a dry lake bed in the Black Rock Desert, two hours north of Reno, Nevada.