COMPETITION RESULTS
February’s competition was High Key/Low Key, for projected images only. Lori Lankford was our judge. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the competition was held remotely over Zoom.
There were two categories judged: Advanced Projected (i.e. digital images) and Novice Projected. No Beginner Projected images were submitted. The Print categories are suspended until we start in-person meetings again. Awards are given for first, second, and third place, and multiple honorable mentions (HM) – the number of awards depends on the total number of entries in the category.
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ADVANCED PROJECTED
1st Place: David Terao ~ High Key Portrait
2nd Place: Beth Koller ~ Please Don’t Make Me
3rd Place: David Blass ~ Edison
HM: Michael Tran ~ Snow Monkey Portrait
HM: Wendy Kates ~ Tulip Reflections
HM: David Terao ~ Ballet Reflection
NOVICE PROJECTED
1st Place: Maude Svensson ~ Low Key Portrait
2nd Place: Marc Auerbach ~ Frigid Day on the Plains
3rd Place: Kay Carkhuff ~ Lydia in High Key
HM: Diane Sanders ~ Magnolia
HM: Maude Svensson ~ High Key Harte
Maude Svensson ~ Low Key Portrait
This is my husband Lars who is also my one and only model (as Brad Pitt is too busy). We had fun and worked hard for this portrait. I had bought a video course on how to make dramatic low-key portraits. After weeks of studying, and after about 100,000 different shots which never really turned out like those in the video course, we finally agreed on a few portraits. This one is a composite that I have worked on in Photoshop to exaggerate his wrinkles and skin characteristics, as well as dark shadows and contrasts. We are still married!