Monday Morning Updates
Last night marked the end of our silent auction to support Chris Stern’s Walk4Hearing efforts. In the end, with the help of some awesome photographers, an amazing printing donation via Mpix, and the generous support of those who bid on the prints, we were able to raise a hair under $900 to benefit the Walk4Hearing! Thank you all!
Even though the auction is over, if you would still like to help Chris out, you can donate directly through his donation page.
I have settled on my three videos for the NAPP contest. I’m not going to divulge them until after the deadline so I can be sure they aren’t copied. I’ve finished the opening graphics sequences for all three videos, I’ve outlined the workflow for each and I’m ready to start recording and editing in the next week. Who knows what the outcome of the contest will be with so many excellent trainers out there, but I know that I’ll be able to come up with some great tutorials for three very interesting effects that will provide you with options when you want to look at your subjects in a new way.
Thank you to everyone who has filled out my Photoshop Workshop survey so far! If you haven’t taken it yet, scroll down to the previous post and let me know your thoughts. There are only 11 questions so it won’t take long. I know it’s pretty general but it’s only a starting point as I develop what could be a new series of workshops to help you get better at Photoshop. I will also have more opportunities coming up for you to share your ideas/preferences with me about workshops, so be on the lookout for those!
For those of you with today off for Columbus Day, I hope you’re enjoying your time! Snap a shot for me! And if you have to be at work today, don’t worry, I’m at the office too… We can suffer through it together!
September Photo Contest
Please forgive the lack of a contest in August. With all of the excitement surrounding the BIG Photo Contest and the cool prize from Mpix for the July Photo Contest, I thought it made sense to take the month off.
Now that the month has begun, I’d like to open up the September Photo Contest! Complete details, as always, can be found on our Photo Contests page and entries may be submitted in the September Photo Contest Flickr Group.
The winner this month will receive something from the Jason D. Moore Photography Apparel Store. The winner will have their choice of one of the following Jason D. Moore Photography Logo items:
- Women’s Light T-Shirt
- Light T-Shirt
- Ringer T
- Women’s T-Shirt
- White T-Shirt
- stein
- mug
- large mug
- or tote bag
Good Luck!
The Results Are In! July Photo Contest
Man, this month was a tough one! With the BIG Photo Contest only a couple of days away and so many great images in both – the most from any contest I’ve done to date, thanks! – I’ve had a difficult run of it this week as I’ve made my selections.
So, without further ado, the winner of a free 16×24 Gallery Wrap from Mpix is:
“under-pass-age” by googlit
Congratulations! Please forgive me for foregoing the critique on this one, it’s been a long week of going through images and there was a lot of thought that went into the entire process. Let me just say that I really enjoy the muted tones, the contrast, and the excellent textures throughout. For me, this is an example of HDR done really well. It’s not over the top. All around a great image.
As always, there were a number of shots that deserve mentioning because of their artfulness and the stories that they tell. In no particular order:
Nice work to everyone who submitted! Details about the August contest will be announced next week.
Final Day for the BIG Photo Contest
That’s right! It’s your last chance to enter your photos into the BIG Photo Contest! We have finally reached the end of the contest and it will soon be my difficult task to review your images and select the best collection of photos to win the $1000 prize package (from our exceedingly generous sponsors) to celebrate my 1,000th post!
Today is also the close of the July Photo Contest with the winner taking home a 16×24 Gallery Wrap from our friends over at Mpix.
So, if you haven’t done it yet, please send in your photos and keep your fingers crossed! The winners will be announced in the next week.
Good Luck!
Contest Reminders – The End Is Near!
Now that everyone is busy processing their photos from last weekend’s Worldwide Photowalk with hopes of winning their local walk’s prize and a shot at the grand prize, I’d like to take this opportunity to invite you to put forward those great shots for a chance to win more great prizes!
First, you can send in your shots for my regular monthly photo contest. Open to anyone, you can enter up to 3 images in the July Photo Contest Flickr Group by the end of the month. At the close of the contest I will select what I consider to be the best photo of the group and the winner will receive a free 16″x24″ gallery wrap from Mpix.
Secondly, there’s only a short time left to enter your series of shots into my 1,000th Post BIG Photo Contest. Once again, the deadline for submissions is July 31st with the winner announced on my 1,000th post in a couple of weeks. The winner will win a prize package worth over $1,000!
Complete contest details, for both the Monthly Photo Contest and the BIG Photo Contest can be found on the photo contest page.
Good Luck!
Photo Contest Reminders
We’re coming up on the end of June already and that means the deadline for my June Photo Contest is almost upon us! There are already a number of great shots submitted but there is still time for you to send in up to 3 entries for your chance to win a free 8×10 of one of my photos. Complete contest rules can be found in the bottom half of my “Contests” page.
Also, I’m excited to announce that we’re almost at the halfway point in my BIG Photo Contest and we’ve already received 26 photos so far! I know there are 22 people registered so you better get crackin’ so you will get your collection of shots in on time to be considered for the grand prize worth over $1,000! Once again, complete contest rules can be found on the “Contests” page.
I hope you will send in your work to be a part of one or both of these contests. And while you’re over on the Contests page, please be sure to check out what our sponsors have to offer. They each have some great products and services that every photographer can find useful.
BIG Photo Contest Update
I am pleased to report that in addition to already having 11 members of the BIG Photo Contest Flickr Group, with a few submissions already coming in, we have locked in 6 official sponsors offering some fantastic items as part of our Grand Prize package as well as some prizes for 3 runners up! All told the Grand Prize winner will receive over $1,000 in prizes and services from our very generous sponsors! (Fitting for my 1,000th post, wouldn’t you say?)
Here’s a rundown of who our sponsors are and what they are contributing to the contest:
onOne Software is the creator of an award-winning series of plug-ins for Photoshop that are designed specifically to help you improve your workflow and increase your productivity. To that end, onOne has recently announced a new free version of thier popular PhotoTools 2 called PhotoTools 2 Lite. They have also just announced a new iPhone app for Canon users so they can control their EOS DSLRs via a WiFi enabled computer.
As part of the prize package the winner will receive a full version of the onOne Plug-In Suite 4.5.
Unified Color offers full-featured HDR editing with an intuitive and natural interface making your HDR experience run smoothly with amazing results.
Unified Color is including a full copy of their excellent HDR software, HDR PhotoStudio. Read my review of HDR PhotoStudio.
The great folks over at Mpix make up the largest professional photography lab in the United States. They provide an unparalleled quality of products and services in the photographic printing industry with an equally impressive turnaround time with almost all orders shipping within 24 hours.
The winner of the BIG Photo Contest will be getting $250 to spend on Mpix services.
Photoshop Cafe is run by Colin Smith, a best-selling author, trainer, and award-winning new-media designer who has caused a stir in the design community with his stunning photorealistic illustrations composed entirely in Photoshop. Colin is also known as a pioneer of HDR photography. He is founder of the world’s most popular Photoshop resource site, PhotoshopCAFE.com, which boasts over 20 million visitors.
Photoshop Cafe is providing a copy of Colin’s instructional DVD “Photoshop CS4 for Digital Photographers” with over 6 hours of tutorials.
This sponsor needs no introduction to regular readers of the blog. Scott Kelby and other members of Kelby Training team work tirelessly to bring quality education for creatives around the world. Their mission is to make you better at what you do and to help advance the technologies we use everyday to make the creative community better.
Scott Kelby is donating a signed copy of “The Photoshop CS4 Book for Digital Photographers” for the winner.
What the Duck is an awesome daily comic strip that pokes fun at everyone and everything associated with photography – from clients to art directors to the technology itself through the life and times of our little friend, the duck.
What the Duck will be giving the winner a What the Duck Plush as well as a signed print of their favorite WTD Strip.
As I mentioned above, that is not all! The first runner-up will receive a full copy of the onOne Plug-In Suite 4.5 and $50 to spend at Mpix! Also, 2 additional runners-up will get $50 in Mpix services.
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank our very generous contest sponsors for helping me celebrate my 1,000th post and by making this our biggest photo contest to date! Thank You!
So, where to you go from here? How do you enter for your chance to win? Well, get all the details for the BIG Photo Contest and submit your shots to the BIG Photo Contest Flickr Group by July 31st.
Good Luck!
Three More Sponsors for the BIG Photo Contest
I received word yesterday of three new sponsors for my 1000th Post BIG Photo Contest!
The details are still coming together but I am excited to announce that Kelby Training, onOne Software and Mpix have joined our list of official sponsors for the contest, which already includes:
- Photoshop Cafe – “Photoshop CS4 for Digital Photographers” DVD
- What the Duck – What the Duck Plush & Signed Print
- and Unified Color – HDR PhotoStudio
A HUGE thanks goes out to all of our sponsors for your support and generous offerings.
Click here for complete contest details and to start working for your chance to win!
Post #950! And the BIG Photo Contest!
I like to celebrate even the small milestones in life. And so it is today with my 950th blog post. I never want to forget all of the readers out there and those who have taken the time to comment and contribute to the life of the blog over the years. And a very special thank you to everyone who has been such a huge support by linking back, talking me up, sponsoring, guest posting, participating in projects, and just being great Friends-of-the-Blog. It really means a lot and you all have helped make this little corner of the web what it is, whatever role you play.
Thank You!
950 is a nice round number, and certainly a laudable goal in its own right, but it means that the next big milestone is a really big one. One that can’t be passed by with a casual mention on a single day. So, it’s not going to be…
I am excited to announce today that between now and July 31st I am putting out a call for entries into my Biggest Photo Contest yet!
Here’s how it’s going to work:
- Collect 5 of your own images that depict each of the following (in any order):
- Aged, Worn, or Old
- Travel or a Journey
- Part of a Whole
- Geometric
- Your Best/Favorite Shot Ever - These can be new images or photos from your archives, but they have to be YOURS (with the Worldwide Photowalk coming up you should be able to gather some really great images.)
- Images can be processed or otherwise manipulated as much or as little as you deem necessary.
- Submit your images by July 31st to The BIG Photo Contest Flickr Group with a note in the title or description about which category each image falls into.
- This is an open contest. Anyone can enter.
- The images will be judged as a group based on:
- Overall Artistry
- Originality
- Composition
- How well each image fits the categories - The winner will be announced in Post #1,000 which is scheduled to appear in early-mid August.
- The prize package is still in the works, but I can assure you that it will be bigger than any prize we’ve given away to date in any of our contests. Come back regularly for updates!
- That’s it!
The race to #1,000 is on! Good Luck!
NOTE: If you would like to donate or sponsor a prize for The BIG Photo Contest, please email me at sponsors@jasondmoore.com TODAY!
UPDATE: Our prize package is growing and now includes prizes from our official sponsors:
- Kelby Training - Signed copy of Scott Kelby’s Photoshop CS4 for Digital Photographers book
- Mpix - $250 in Mpix Services to the Grand Prize winner, $50 in services to 3 runner’s up.
- onOne Software - a copy of Plug-In Suite 4.5 for the winner and 1st runner up.
- Photoshop Cafe - “Photoshop CS4 for Digital Photographers” DVD
- Unified Color - HDR PhotoStudio
- What the Duck - What the Duck Plush & Signed Print
- For a prize package worth over $1,000!
Now Available! Jason D. Moore Prints – 15% OFF
First off, I would like to express my excitement in the midst of today’s historic presidential inauguration! It is truly a momentous day for the United States which will have an impact felt around the world. I am encouraged by President Obama and for the first time in a long time I am inspired by our newly installed leader. May the change we face be an opportunity to be a source of hope, a source of justice, and a source of good will for our people and the world.
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Today marks another “New for 2009″ offering here at Jason D. Moore Photography. As I wrote about last week in my call for sponsors, I am working towards turning my passions into my profession. One way has been to create community here at the blog through The Photoshop & Photography Blogroll and the various projects and series that have grown up which involve members of the larger world of digital imaging. Another way has been to seek partnerships that will help this blog grow and continue serving this community in new and exciting ways. The third way has been one of sharing. I work to bring others in to share their knowledge and skills with all of you, I produce my own video tutorials (which have, admittedly, been on the back burner since last year) to share my own creative process, and I share my personal photography.
It is this last area that is of particular relevance today. Starting today, I am offering my prints for sale! I have selected 52 of my favorite shots from the last 3 years for you to choose from – with more to be added periodically. Each photo is available in 20 different sizes from 5×7 all the way up to 24×36! Using the amazing printing serivces of Mpix you can be assured of the quality and value of each print that arrives at your door.
As an introductory offer, from now until the end of January, if you place your order using the coupon code below you can Save 15% OFF* your order! Great timing for Valentine’s Day gifts!
15OFFJAN09
So head on over to my gallery and take home some Jason D. Moore prints of your very own!
*To receive the special 15% Off rate, you must have a minimum order of $60 and must place your order before 11:59pm Eastern on January 31, 2009. Percent off does not include applicable tax or shipping charges.
Worldwide Photo Walk Press Release
5,500 Photographers – 241 Cities – 43 Countries – Participating on August 23
TAMPA, FL – August 14, 2008 – Scott Kelby and the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) are pleased to announce that as of today, 5,500 photographers from 241 cities in 43 countries have signed up to participate in Scott Kelby’s first-ever worldwide Photo Walk scheduled for Saturday, August 23. The Photo Walks are organized to celebrate the release of Scott Kelby’s latest book – The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers (an update to his earlier world’s bestselling book on Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom®).
Registration is free and open to all photographers – amateur to professional – from around the world. Photo Walk groups are limited to 50 participants in each city and advance registration is required. Sponsors of this global landmark event are NAPP, Adobe, Wacom, CDW, Mpix, Peachpit, Epson, Kelby Training, and Photo Walk Pro.
A grand prize, valued at $5000, will be awarded to the single best overall photo of the day taken from all the Photo Walk locations. In addition, the best photo from the day, chosen by each local Photo Walk leader, will receive a copy of Kelby’s Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers. Prize details available at http://www.photoshopuser.com/photowalk/prizes.html
Kelby’s Photo Walk is a fun, social photography event where photographers get together for two hours, usually in a metropolitan area or a trendy section of a city, to walk around, shoot photos, and generally have fun with other photographers. Each Photo Walk has a local assigned leader that chooses the route of the walk and the ending place (a local restaurant, pub or café) where participates will look at each other’s photos from the walk and make new photography friends.
About Scott Kelby
President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals; editor in chief of Photoshop User and Layers magazines; training director and instructor for the Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour, CEO of Kelby Media, and number 1 bestselling computer and technology author worldwide; technical chair for the Photoshop World Conference & Expo, and co-host of PhotoshopUser TV podcast.
About NAPP
NAPP is the largest digital imaging and design association worldwide with more than 70,000 members in 105 countries. It is the leading resource for Adobe Photoshop training, education and news. For more information, visit www.photoshopuser.com.
Adobe and Photoshop are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
