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Photography News | Issue 57 | 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 is 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. For Round 2 we asked for your best character portrait and we had a fabulous response, so thanks to everyone who supported the contest. After much deliberation, the judges from Photography News and Profoto picked their winner, so congratulations to Steve Beckett – and good luck to him in the final judging
WINNER
Steve Beckett
Steve is a very keen street photographer and a member of Imagez Camera Club. “I haven’t entered many competitions and this is my first win,” says Steve. “The image was taken on my first trip to India – I was actually on a street photography course with Nikon Ambassador Mark Seymour, although the shot was taken early one morning. It was taken near our hotel in Kolkata. I just asked this man walking to work whether I could take his picture. He didn’t speak English and I can’t speak Bengali or Hindi so I just pointed at my camera, and he was happy to let me take a couple of shots. “I actually feel more confident asking people to pose rather than trying to get candids. I don’t like to be noticed taking pictures, not because of confrontation but because I want people to be as natural as possible, and once people notice you taking pictures, they ‘freeze’. It’s easier to ask.” Our congratulations go to Steve on his win, and we wish him the best in the overall judging in a couple of months time.
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I feel more confident asking people to pose rather than trying to get candids
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