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Are you ready? Drumroll, please. We are showcasing the Your Best Shot of 2016 contest winners. First, big congratulations to Trent Kanemaki who is the grand prize winner. His image entitled “Losing Control” came out on top after 4 rounds of judging and thousands of entries. Judges believed it told an amazing story with one shot. Trent will choose from a Nikon D750 or Sony Alpha a7II Mirrorless or Canon 6D.
All of the finalists dazzled us with their photography and post production skills. The photographers have been kind enough to reveal their secrets to their respected pictures. Some required very little post, others extensive. However, the one thing they all have in common is that they are amazing at their craft and we are so proud to introduce them to our community. Each will receive an exclusive Printique photo book showcasing their beautiful images and be invited to be Printique Ambassadors. Now, let’s have a peek at how these images came to be.
Grand Prize Winner -Trent Kanemaki
“Losing Control”
This is an image captured during a village bull race by the farmers of West Sumatra, Indonesia. At the start of the race, I was standing roughly 15 yards in front of the bulls and farmer, slightly to the left of the muddy rice field. I placed my camera on continuous focus and continued to shoot as the racer passed by me. As expected, my camera and I got drenched with mud! This particular capture is probably about 8 yards from me. Cropping, dodging & burning, contrast, and sharpening done in Adobe Lightroom. Details: Nikon D750 Lens: Nikon 70-200 f/4 VR Setting: 200mm, f/4.5, 1/1600s, ISO 400
I’ve always been fascinated with Levitation Photography. I asked my friend Basel Maarouf if he would be my model. We went out to Broadripple park in Indianapolis, IN. There was a nice river so we set up there. I placed a stool in the water and Basel used his core muscles to balance himself. We did have some problems such as the stool sinking into the sand and Pokemon goers who were in the water trying to catch a Pokemon. But we figured it out and got this amazing shot. I also used a tripod and lowered it to my model’s height. In post production in Adobe photoshop, I cloned out the stool and added clouds. I thought the sky was a little dull. Did a little contrast and clarity in Lightroom and this is the end product. I am very proud of my image and very honored to be in the top 12! Details: Canon 6D, 35mm Tamron lens, ISO 100, f/2, 1/1250
This was a fun shoot with an artist friend Tara Ozella who is brilliant.I created a board of photos I wanted to recreate and we realized we both have a love for pre-Raphaelite art.Tara actually painted her canoe for this shoot, provided costumes, and then modeled brilliantly. We were trying to recreate the Lady of Shallot which is another photo and this Ophelia.I took the raw file into PS removed hairs that were on her face from the wind, cleaned up the image and used a fabric texture she had over the water at a 4%opacity to tie all of the textures and colors in to tie in our ideal for this shoot. This was one of my first creative shoots. Tara and I are working of four more.She is a joy to work with and we both love collaboration, not easily found in this business. She did all this while very very sick and was the sweetest at most talented young ladies I have had the pleasure to work with. She allowed me full creativity to take a very dull photo and do as I pleased to make the story come to life. I learned a great deal in the process. Details: Canon EOS 5D MKIII, 5.6, 1/160, 24mm
John and I were commissioned by TLC network to fly to Sarasota Florida to continue to document the Breaking Amish cast. They mentioned there would be two new members added to the show that hadn’t been featured yet on any media outlets. Mary and Esther, who are mother and daughter, come from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania in the heart of Amish country and had never seen the ocean before much less been on a beach. When we arrived it was very windy so the beautiful white beach was making great patterns in the sand and the clouds were perfect so we asked if they would just walk with us as we shot as many angles as possible but we knew once we saw it and we nurtured the moment to bring us to this shot.
Jason Bassett -“Water Planets episode i”
This photograph is an illusion of what it would look like to have lips surrounded by blueberries. This shot is meant to be fun and appetizing! Post production included cropping, shifting the background tone towards blue, sharpening and adding more magenta color to lips, and brightening teeth. Details: Sony A7, Sony 90mm macro. Shutter speed 1/200 using Speedlight, f13
This is the portion of NY State Route 97, known as Hawk’she Nest, as it winds its way above the Delaware River in the town of Deerpark in Orange County, NY on a foggy, misty Autumn morning. Post production in Lightroom included dehaze, a small amount of sharpening, some noise reduction, and tweaking highlights and shadows to bring out the color of the Autumn leaves that were otherwise muted by the atmospheric conditions.The photo was taken from one of a series of sightseeing pullouts along the road on a very foggy morning in October, 2016 at approximately 7:30 am. Details: Sony a58 on a tripod with a Tamron 18-270mm lens at 60mm, polarizer filter, aperture priority at f/22, 2.5 second exposure, ISO 100. The only real dilemma was to wait for the fog to lift over the Delaware River Valley so the roadway was exposed enough to get a decent exposure.
Thank you to everyone! We are honored and humbled to have such a creative community supporting us. We hope to see you next year for Your Best Shot of 2017!
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