Photography Unfiltered with Catherine Hall

Photography Illusionist Joel Grimes dazzles us with engaging imagery and a LIVE photoshop demo about streaking. Find out why being color blind has served as an asset, the secret to quick and easy compositing, and the importance of striking your subjects face with light.

Joel also shared 4 tips on how he creates his stunning images.

1. Get the best performance out of your lens

2. Choose the right strobe to freeze action

3. Photoshop tips: Selection/Cutout, Atmospheric light streaks.

4. Always use a tripod

Did you catch Trey Ratcliff’s last Variety Hour? He talked about the Google+/Scott Kelby Conference. Watch it on TWiT TV

Don’t miss a chance to watch or listen to your favorite photographers – download the TWiT Photo podcast on iTunes for free :)

This May 21-23 I’ll be speaking at the first G+/Scott Kelby Conference in San Francisco. Are you coming? I’m so excited to be speaking with so many talented photographers and Googlers.

On Monday afternoon, I’ll be hosting a photowalk on Fisherman’s Wharf. We have 2 wonderful coaches line up – our guest on Tuesday’s TWiT Photo show, Doug Kaye as well as the very talented Michael Bonocore We have have some really cool prizes lines up, not to mention all the wonderful sights and restaurants in the area.

Tuesday I’ll be speaking with Colby Brown and Brian Matiash about how to Stay Fresh on Google+. Do you want to learn how to attract more circlees? Check out our session. Wednesday morning I’ll be speaking with Brian again, as well as Googler Mike Wiacek on how to make the most of your circles. We will discuss how choose who to follow, how much content you want to receive (and share) and just how to leverage one of G+’s most popular features to make your G+ experience that much richer and interesting to you.

In addition to the seminars, there is an opportunity to have your portfolio critiqued, live shooting sessions where you will have the opportunity to shoot a variety of themed scenes, including fashion and product photography. The lighting and models will be provided, as well as instruction before shooting.

I hope to see you there, it will be an information packed Conference as well as an opportunity to network with fellow photographers. Come on out and see the faces behind the images you see on Google+!

Sometimes when I get really stressed out about things anxiety will keep me from sleeping. All the things I need to do just race through my head and won’t stop. Fortunately this doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it seems like I’ll never catch up.

A while ago I tweeted about this, and was really touched by all the kind responses. It made me feel much better, and I wanted to say thank you to everyone.