Jason Hahn

Jason is a multi-genre professional photographer, instructor, writer, digital artist, and guide. He started his career as a professional wildlife and nature photographer, later expanding his expertise and portfolio to include a wide variety of subjects, skills, and styles. Everything from nature and travel, to studio and model photography.

When not writing about himself in the third person, he enjoys sunsets and long walks on the beach while carrying 40 pounds of camera gear. He can most often be found hiking up a mountain, hunting down a good burger joint, or enjoying time in the great outdoors.

jasonhahn.com

How to censor your photos for social media, non-destructively in Photoshop

Jason Hahn

On many social media sites, for various reasons, we are seeing a high degree of censorship and banning for anything consider “Mature”. Regardless of your personal feelings on the matter, for those of us producing fine art nude or boudoir photography it’s becoming increasingly difficult to share our uncensored work over the internet. Here is a quick tip on how to create a frosted glass effect that nondestructively blurs only the parts of your image you choose, to satisfy the interweb censors and people parts police.

NSFW: Working with models, the do’s and don’ts of implied, boudoir and nude photography

Jason Hahn

About a year ago I started trying out other genres of photography as a way to jump out of my nature photo comfort zone, reshape

How to Enhance Your Photos With Textures – Part 2: Blending

Jason Hahn

When using textures to enhance your photos in Photoshop, blending is how you reveal your image below the texture layer or tell the texture layer

Wade Right In: A Nature Photographer’s Guide to Wading to Get the Best Shot

Jason Hahn

I spend a lot of time in the water wading after shots, both in fresh and saltwater, so much so that I often joke I

How to Enhance Your Photos With Textures – Part 1: Adding Textures

Jason Hahn

In photography a texture image or “texturing” is used to enhance or accent some part of the image in your digital darkroom. Although they can help you create eye-catching works of art, textures also can be very easy to overdo. In this article I’ll explain my process for adding textures to my photography, using Adobe Stock and Photoshop, to create more impact, transform the mood of the image, or improve on the composition.

How to Make Your Photos Look Great with Curves Layers in Luminar

Jason Hahn

Curves layers are one of the most misunderstood, yet more powerful adjustments you can make. Our images are all made up of pixels, which each have values for color and luminosity. With Curves adjustments, we can remap the pixels’ values for these, changing them to be brighter or darker, or changing their color. In Skylum Software’s Luminar you can add multiple curves filters, and make each layer target very specific parts of your image. This will give your images more depth, dimension, and beautiful color.

Photographer of the Day: Neil Edwin Sinadjan

Jason Hahn

Category: Street Photography Photograph: “Hold on to hope” by Neil Edwin Sinadjan In photography, we often label photos by their genre and style. The beauty of

The Life Cycles Approach to Wildlife Photography – Part 2: Capturing the Complete Picture

Jason Hahn

Wildlife photography from a life cycle approach not only gives structure and purpose to your photography but also adds to the broader knowledge about these creatures

Photographer of the Day: Johann Walter Bantz

Jason Hahn

Category: Street Photography Photograph: “try an approach I” by Johann Walter Bantz Abstract photos go against many of the “rules” of photography, giving the artist

The Life Cycles Approach to Wildlife Photography – Part 1: Learning and Telling the Story

Jason Hahn

Every chance you have with a wild animal in front of your lens is an opportunity not just to capture split-second moments of action or

Photographer of the Day: Dawna Moore

Jason Hahn

If you would like to experience a beautiful vision of a vintage holiday, look no further then this image, “GMC Christmas” by Dawna Moore. Part holiday cheer, part nostalgia, it’s a warmly lit scene featuring Christmas decorations along with a nice slice of Americana. Beyond these elements, the composition and lighting are excellent, from the technical choices with aperture to create the starbursts on the Christmas lights, to the balance of complimentary colors with the reds and greens. The portrait orientation of the photo helps simplify a busy scene, placing the focus on the wreath and letting your eye travel throughout the frame to take in all the detail.

Photographer of the Day: Mark Meyer zur Heide

Jason Hahn

Category: Street Photography Photograph: “Oslo No. 1” by Mark Meyer zur Heide What is particularly compelling about this image, “Oslo No. 1” by Mark Meyer

Get more in
your inbox

Get a regular dose of inspiration, education and all the latest news and reviews, delivered to your inbox each week.

Jason Hahn

Get more in your inbox

Get more in
your inbox