Advertisement feature 24
Photography News | Issue 59 | photographynews.co.uk
Shoot people pictures towin Take the Profoto Portrait Challenge With a superb Profofo A1, the world’s smallest studio light, to be won and four monthly prizes of a Profoto reflector, this free-to-enter contest was not to be missed. The four monthly winners will be judged against each other and the image judged to be best overall picture will win the Profoto A1
Last month’s topic was for self-portraits, a potentially challenging subject, both technically and aesthetically, and probably not helped by the fact that many photographers are camera shy.
Thanks to everyone who has supported the Profoto Portrait challenge over the past four issues. We have our fourmonthlywinners nowso the judges from PhotographyNews and Profotowill pick the photographerwho
will receive the overall prize of a Profoto A1. Since its launch a year ago, the A1 has proved to be a very popular light used by keen enthusiasts and professional image makers alike, so the winner will enjoy their prize.
WINNER MikeMartin
“I needed a mugshot which was the reason I took my self portrait. I shot it in the dining room, camera on tripod released with the self-timer, pre-focused and flash bounced off ceiling. Took two frames, and knew immediately that it was going to end up as a monochrome image. “I started by converting the image in Adobe Lightroom, then applied one of my recipes in ON1 Effects. It is a custom pre-
set made out of a number of different actions including a grunge filter, bit of HDR and a mono conversion at highish opacity to give the muted colour. The result was much better. Looking at the image, although a fairly tight crop, I was a peeved that my shoulders weren’t level and one side of the image went to the corner while the other didn’t, so messed with the cropping. I liked the half face as there’s less of me to look at!”
I messed with the cropping... I liked the half face as there’s less of me to look at!
Over the last few issues we've asked for your best beauty portraits, environmental portraits, character portraits and self portraits. In the next issue of Photography News , out from 8 October, we will be announcing the overall winner – selected from the winning images in each individual category – of a Profoto A1.
Powered by FlippingBook