Honda Civic Hatchback

Honda civic photograph by; Jose Rojas http://wp.me/p17xiM-1y

Retouch headshot using Lightroom

Some people struggle to find a way to make a portrait look soft. I found a nice trick to softening my portrait in Adobe lightroom. In lightroom Click on the brush tool, follow by going below and clicking on Exposure and go to the menu that says Soften skin and you will be ready to start working. Brush around the face areas that you want soft, while avoiding the eyes and lips of course. To view if you missed a spot click on the black dot and this will show like a mask of the areas brushed by you. Continue to do this until you are satisfy. Once your done you may want to consider the level of the Soft Skin Effect you like for this photo I used about 52% percent. But you can choose whatever you think is right.

Lame MTV VMAs leaves viewers wanting more

Ok, so a group of us watched the MTV VMAs together and found ourselves wondering is MTV a thing of the past. And the answered could be that there is a possibility MTV is out of touch with the new viewers. They pretty much have forgotten the older
viewers. I would say that 50% of the artist present are lost or naive. With their poor dressing, communication and lots of unwanted
baggage. MTV continues to attack the artist the viewers and fan love and purchase their music. A show which supposed to be rewarding good craftsmanship cannot attack its artist. No wonder so many talented artist skip this crappy show. Which the VMAs
has become. The poorly produce show needs to fire some of the staff. Including the person who suggested it the host. They should also consider having show base on attacking the musicians separately from the VMAs. It makes me sick to an artist get
awarded for some crappy poorly edited dance move videos. Perhaps MTV needs to sent their producers to watch a couple of Broadway shows to see what singing and dancing is all about. The VMAs was the weakest poorly produce show ever. They should thank Lady Gaga, The innocent miss America Taylor Swift and of course Mr. Kanye West. These Artist saved you and kept the viewers watching. I rate the VMAs 1 star out of 5.

Jose Rojas Sonic Boom Inspire Art images

The need to create art has become a passion for New York
artist Jose Rojas. Whether taking a photo per day
or doing some 30 second sketches on a journal has become
the norm. He is inspire by everything finding
beauty is a hobby that if one looks hard enough can bring
happiness to ones soul. In his recent pieces Sonic Boom inspire
images he uses striking color with with sense of shape to make
he relations. Jose Rojas is a new comer to the art community and
continues toimprove his technique. To view Jose Rojas
work you can visit his website:

http://www.joserojasphoto.com

Lighting portrait 101

To light a portrait a lot of us immediately think what type of light can i used and the simple answer is whatever is available. That's all you need, because that's what you have. Now don't get me wrong with a chunk of cash you can get quality professional strobes that can run you over $5,000 on a basic kit and if your field demands that type
equipment get it, practice and wait for the bookings to come in. Now if you are like most of us that want to be there but can't a simple kit will do. You can even improvise
and visit a hardware store, go online and use the web to find millions of how to sites.
remember one thing for all we know you might create the next invention. One suggestion don't burn the house down. Now back to the topic of lighting. Use whatever you have have I remember doing and entire house party with no lighting at all and guest what I got some pretty good pictures. Of course many occasion you can do without. Show up to a magazine photo meeting and tell them you don't use light, you will never find work in that town or any other town. If you wan to make and impression learn how to use lighting properly. I bet most people don't know or don't care what type of lighting you are going to use. Show with a camera flash and some customers will be happy with that. The bottom line is to practice don't invest a lot, buy simple and grow from there and don't forget practice, practice and more practice that's how you will become better. LIGHTING SUGGESTION 101 COMING SOON. For more information visit http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/

to view some of my images

New Graffiti photos of 2010

View all my new graffiti images and enjoy this great art form. This photograph was taken by photo journalist Jose Rojas of New York. Photo was capture using a Nikon body with a 80-200mm 2.8 Nikon lens.
All photos were taking in the Bronx, New york in the South Bronx in the Hunts Point area. This images were made by some of the best Graffiti artist in New York.

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Slideshow

Jose Rojas Panorama 2010

Help for Haiti

Pet photography by: Jose Rojas 2010
Let's open our hearts to those in need. Our brother our neighbors need a helping hand. Let's all donate a little something. Together we can help. So I urge you to visit http://joserojasphoto.com/ and make a donation or purchase the above image or some of my work and I will contribute 30% of the sale. So act now and tell all your friend. It's time to help.