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Photography News | Issue 60 | photographynews.co.uk
Who shot the best people picture The Profoto Portrait Challenge – the Final
Over the past four issues, we have asked for your best people pictures in four categories: beauty, character, environmental and self- portraits. Thanks to everyone who took part. The winners in each category won a Profoto reflector and were put through to the final where they were judged against each
other, with the overallwinner getting a superb Profoto A1. The A1 is a revolutionary lighting unit that Profoto calls the world’s smallest studio light. It might look like a standard speedlight but it is anything but standard. The innovative round head with tilt facility gives light with a lovely fall-off resulting in
great modelling even with the A1 fitted into the camera’s hotshoe and that light can be modified further withmagnetic-fit modifiers. For existing Profoto owners the A1 is also a powerful radio remote control with its AirTTL facility on board. This provides TTL and HSS control of compatible units up to
100m away; its working range is 300m if you want to remotely control or trigger the flash. Add a rechargeable Li-ion battery, 76Ws output, LED modelling lamp and robust Profoto build quality, and our overall winner Steve Beckett is going to enjoy a very special prize. Our congratulations go to him.
OVERALLWINNER
Steve’s street portrait was voted as the best from our four finalists by the judges from Photography News and Profoto. “I was really pleased by the support we had from our readers for this challenge,” says PN editor Will Cheung. “Our four themes attracted a wide range of images and the high creative and technical standard was extremely impressive. “I think the high overall quality was well represented by our four monthly winners. Judging the different genres against each other proved challenging but we went for Steve Beckett’s street portrait as the overall winner of the Profoto A1. It is a great interpretation of the theme and it’s an imagewith power and emotion and is complemented by the monochrome approach.” As you’d expect, Steve was a happy man. “I’m totally blown away,” he says. “It’s been my wish to get Profoto lighting equipment to upgrade from standard speedlights. Well, it seems my dream is beginning to come true and being fortunate to win the A1 means I can be even more creative. Finally, a big thank you to the judges for selecting my image.” Steve Beckett
Finish line
Well done to Steve on winning the Profoto A1 and commiserations to our other finalists, although they have each won a Profoto reflector for winning the monthly round.
Thanks to everyone who entered the Challenge.
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