A Few Extras
Photo Contests
For this entry, I was able to get him to be looking away like he was waiting for something, and then I turned up the levels and desaturated it entirely.
I chose this site because it has lots of competitions and many of them are free and still creative.
http://www.viewbug.com/contests/solitary-photo-contest/gallery
Added 7/11/13
For this entry, I increased levels and saturation on the whole photo. From there I removed some cords and the male subject’s hand at the top of the picture. Then, I added a black and white filter, and masked it out on the Jeans.
I chose this contest because it was “a picture is worth a thousand words” and I felt like this one could say all sorts of things. It could say things about gender differences, relationships, or how common jeans really are, and how often people really wear them.
http://www.viewbug.com/contests/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-lyrics-photo-contest/gallery
Added 7/11/13
For this photo, I opened my aperture all the way, turned my ISO up all the way (3200), and set my shutter speed for 15 seconds. From there, a flashlight was used to highlight the barn and wagon for less than a second, and then I adjusted levels and saturation in photoshop.
I chose this contest because it was for backgrounds, and really, there aren’t that many backgrounds better than a sky full of stars and mountains.
http://www.viewbug.com/contests/background-photo-contest/gallery
Added 7/11/13
It’s framed!
Framed Fine Art
For this photo, I set my tripod up and set my camera to ISO 200, and shutter speed to 4 seconds. After the shutter had been open for about 2 seconds, I zoomed it all the way in, and allowed it to finish. The Edits were fairly minimal. I straightened the photo, added some saturation and increased levels, but masked out the level adjustment on the top half of the photo. I chose this image for my large print because it’s unique, and lets admit it, everyone loves the God rays.