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New Series: Photoshop Toolbox

November 1, 2010 in Lightroom, News, Photography, Photoshop, Tutorials

Photoshop Toolbox

Starting Wednesday, I will be starting a new series of Photoshop tips in an effort to help those of you who might be still learning your way around get up to speed on the ins and outs of the program.

I’m hoping to post 3 times per week (in part to get back into a regular blogging schedule). Each day will feature a new tip for a given segment of Photoshop:

  • Mondays – Tools
  • Wednesdays – Layers
  • Fridays – Ask Jason Reader Q&A

I invite you to send in your questions for the Friday Q&A sessions to askjason@jasondmoore.com, Tweet @JasonDMoore, or leave a comment on the wall of the Jason D. Moore Photography Fan Page and I will include as many as I can in each Friday’s post.

I am really looking forward to hearing from you!

Also, while I’ve got you here, take a couple of minutes to check out my updated portfolio that now includes a number of new shots from recent shoots. See any that you like? I have also set up a new Etsy Photography Store where you can purchase a variety of sizes and print options. If you don’t see a size or image you want listed, please email me at prints@jasondmoore.com and I’ll be glad to work with you to get you need.

Book Review: Scott Kelby’s Lightroom 3 Book

August 18, 2010 in Lightroom, Photography, Photoshop, Review

Scott Kelby's Lightroom 3 Book for Digital PhotographersI recently had the pleasure of reading Friend-of-the-Blog Scott Kelby’s third installment in his series of Lightroom books. The Lightroom 3 Book for Digital Photographers is an excellent guide to help you get up to speed with the latest version of the standard in digital darkroom software.

Whether you have been using the program since the beginning or, where the book really shines, if this is your first time sitting down with Lightroom you are treated with Scott’s signature humor and easy to follow teaching style so  you can be up and running from the very first page.

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New Start to Finish Coming!

March 30, 2010 in Inspiration, Lightroom, News, Photography, Photoshop, Review, TJM Media Group

I’ve just finished recording the post-processing portion of our next episode of the Start to Finish Photoshop & Photography Podcast from the TJM Media Group!

I’ll be on to editing Rob’s on-location segment in with mine this week and we hope to have it live soon. Watch for it here and over on Rob’s blog Towner Jones Photography in the near future!

Rob and I need your help. What drives us is a passion for sharing our knowledge and skills to help you become better photographers and post-processors. To that end, we want to know what you want to learn. Have you seen any ads in magazines, billboards, or on TV that make you scratch your head and ask “How’d they do that?” Want to know more about lighting or what camera settings to use? Tell us about it!

We are always on the lookout for content for upcoming episodes and there’s no better source than you! Simply leave a comment or send us an email to start2finish@tjmmediagroup.com with your ideas and questions and you might just see them come alive in one of our next episodes!

Also, while I have you here, you only have until tomorrow night to take advantage of the special deal from Mpix. Use the code “JMOOREGW” at checkout to receive 25% OFF all canvas gallery wraps. If you haven’t read my review from last week, please scroll down and check it out. The gallery wraps are beautiful pieces that really showcase your work in a unique way. So head on over and order now, before time runs out!

*Disclaimer: While all of my reviews represent my honest personal opinions, I received a free gallery wrap print from the vendor in exchange for writing the review. I do not collect a commission on orders placed with the discount code, though the response may have an impact on future partnership opportunities.

On St. Patrick’s Day

March 17, 2010 in Inspiration, Lightroom, Personal, Photography, Photoshop

Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, County Antrim, Northern Ireland - March 2005

I’d first like to wish my grandfather (86) and my cousin Craig (25)  a pair of Happy Birthdays today!

For today, I am going to take a look WAY back into the archives to a time when I was still just getting into photography. I thought it fitting, on this St. Patrick’s Day, to share a photo from what I was doing the day after St. Patrick’s Day 2005. I was traveling in Portrush, Northern Ireland that week exploring the region my paternal grandmother’s family lived back in the day.

The shot above was taken as I crossed the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge on one of my last days in Northern Ireland. You can see another shot taken that day as I crossed back to the mainland following some other tourists in Friday’s Points of View Photo Project.

Points of View Photo Project #27

March 5, 2010 in Inspiration, Lightroom, Photography, Photoshop

Points of View Photo Project #27 - Columbus Skyline - Courtesy of Marc BentonWelcome to the 27th week of the Points of View Photo Project!

This week we are fortunate to have a source image from Friend-of-the-Blog Marc Benton of the Columbus Skyline. Thank you Marc!

We have 6 versions for your enjoyment this week! I am excited for the continued growth of the project and I encourage you all to give it a shot for next week. We have a special image at the end of the post that comes from my brother, Chris, from his recent trip to Antarctica.

So have a look at what we all did to process this initial photo and, who knows, you might learn a little something too!

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Points of View Photo Project #26

February 26, 2010 in Inspiration, Lightroom, Photography, Photoshop

Points of view Photo Project #26 Source ImageWelcome to the 26th edition of the Points of View Photo Project here at Jason D. Moore Photography!

This week’s source image came from regular contributor, Henrik Demey from Belgium. About the photo, he writes:

“This picture was taken during a city trip to Prague, Czechia. It shows the central interior of the Saint Nicholas Church, on the Old Town Square. This baroque church dates from 1735.”

Thanks for sharing your shot with us, Hendrik! If any of you would like to share one of your shots with us to use as our source image in an upcoming week, please send it to me at pov@jasondmoore.com and you may see it in the next few weeks.

And now, onto this week’s contributions!

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Weekend Photo Shoot

February 8, 2010 in Lightroom, Personal, Photography

Over the weekend I had the pleasure of setting up in my living room to shoot some photos of my beautiful wife Kim, her friend Tisha and her husband Steve, and even get a new headshot taken – by Kim.

Find out more about the setup I used and check out a selection from the shoot after the jump…

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Points of View Photo Project #22

January 22, 2010 in Inspiration, Lightroom, Photography, Photoshop

Welcome to the 22nd edition of the Points of View Photo Project! This week we have been lucky enough to have a chance to work with not one, but three source images from reader and blog contributor Steve Kalman who challenged us to produce an HDR image, if we were so bold to try it.

Read on to see what some of our regulars have done with these photos and to learn how you can grab next week’s source image and participate in this excellent project that gets your creative juices flowing, invites you to experiment and try new things, and opens you up to the different perspectives that can come from a common image.

Also, be sure to scroll down to the bottom to find out how you can share your photos and a source image for one of our upcoming editions of the project!

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Points of View Photo Project: #21

January 15, 2010 in Inspiration, Lightroom, Photography, Photoshop

Welcome to the 21st week of the Points of View Photo Project here at Jason D. Moore Photography!

For those of you new to the project, each week I post a source image that is straight out of the camera that readers are free to download and manipulate however they please (as long has it is used for the sole purpose of this project) and then send it back to me for posting here. The goal is to share the many different interpretations – or points of view – that can be applied to a common source image.

This week, we have 3 different takes on the original coming from myself and a couple of our regulars, Andy and Hendrik. If you would like to participate, click on the “more” link below and find out how you can take part in our special, reader-submitted HDR Points of View Project.

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