Check out my guest post over at the awesome Design by Firgs blog!

Thanks for the opportunity Firrgs!

8 years (and 1,230 posts) ago today I was sitting in the Syracuse Airport waiting for a cross-country flight to take a voyage around the world. As I sat, I opened my journal to write what would become my first entry into an online travel log about my travels. And thus, this blog was born.

To everyone who has been there along the way, helping me to grow and encouraging me to pursue my passions for Photoshop and photography.

Thank You!

As today is the deadline for entering the Next Photoshop Evangelist Contest, I thought I would share my entry with all of you. If you’ve been following me on my Jason D. Moore Photography Facebook Page or on Twitter, you’ve seen me post this before.

Each video has to be no more than two minutes (check!), use Photoshop CS5 (check!), teach one of the new features in CS5 (check!), and incorporate the concept of “20″ in the final image to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Photoshop (check!).

Once they have all the entries, the judges will be weeding out the videos that don’t fit the criteria and select up to 12 finalists. At that point, between September 8th-20th, voting will open up to the Photoshop Facebook Community and the video with the highest number of votes wins.

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I 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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In this last installment in the series of Mpix reviews we take a look at a couple more of their excellent products. Hanging in my living room is a 16×20 True Black & White print, matted with 2″ white mat in a Black Flat frame with non-glare glass.

Before getting to the review, I want to join with Mpix in extending to you a special offer of 10% off Mpix Frames thru the end of August. All you have to do is use the exclusive promo code JMOOREFRAME during checkout when placing your order.

Now, on with the review!

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Just a quick one for today…

I know many, if not all, of  you are tied in with Facebook and/or Twitter and a number of you have connected with me on one or more of those networks. In an effort to make the conversation more focussed on digital imaging in all its forms, I have created a Jason D. Moore Photography Fan Page over on Facebook where you will be able to find all of my updates related to this blog, professional work, contests, Photoshop Q&A etc. At the same time, I am going to be sorting through my friend list for my personal profile so that it includes only friends and family. I’m not trying to kick anyone out, per se, just dividing the two worlds up so I can direct my efforts in a more focused way.

So, with no intention to offend anyone, in the next week or so I am going to be cleaning out my friends list and I’d appreciate it if you would head over to my Photography Facebook Page and became a fan so you can keep up with the conversation over there! I hope we can use that space to really engage each other in a more personal way.

I hope to see you there!

Well, it’s been a great summer for the 2010 BIG Photo Contest and I’ve been greatly impressed with the entries submitted! I am thrilled by the response again this year with so many beautiful shots shared. Great job to every one of you for your hard work and vision. I love that you made it so hard for me to make my selections!

I would also like to send out a huge ‘thank you’ to my sponsors who have been so supportive in donating the prizes for the winners. Please take some time to visit their sites and check out what they have to offer. They are some great companies with great products and services. Thank You to Mpix, onOne Software, Photoshop Cafe, and IGT America!

And now, without further ado, the winners of the 2010 BIG Photo Contest are…

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Please excuse the inconsistent posting lately. Liam and Kim have been my focus lately – as they should be! – and the blog has been taking a back seat as I work on developing a routine to keep it going.

To that end, I’ve setup a Jason D. Moore Photography Fan Page on Facebook where I’ll be posting my updates rather than through my personal profile. In August I will be cleaning out my Friends list in my personal account to include only friends and family. So if you have connected with me on Facebook and haven’t done so already, please head over to the fan page and “Like” it so you can keep up to date with everything going on with Jason D. Moore Photography. You can also follow me on Twitter @JasonDMoore.

Read on to find out about some new info for the 2010 BIG Photo Contest!

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Awhile back one of my Facebook friends, photographer Sean Duggan, posted a really cool image (above) that really caught my eye. It’s part of a larger series that was recently published in July/August issue of Photo Techniques Magazine.

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That’s right! Building off of the success of last year, I’m pleased to announce the launch of this summer’s BIG Photo Contest!

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