Scott Kelby has just posted a short video from the Photo Walk that he led in Ybor City. There’s also a fun Q&A about the photo contest for those of you who attended a Photo Walk somewhere around the world. I heard there were over 32,000 people who participated so I’m sure there are going to be lots of great photos for the judges to choose from!
Here is an idea for your next photo contest. Ask people to improve one of the photowalk images using one of your plug-ins, and explain how & why they did it. Each entry would be a mini tutorial. I would enter this photo:
BEFORE:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37828869@N08/3741726426/sizes/o/
AFTER:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37828869@N08/3741726244/sizes/o/
This photo has a distracting background that I could not crop out, because I would lose the harsh shadow in the foreground. I fixed this by using FocalPoint to add a motion blur. Since I can apply any OnOne effect as a layer mask, I used that mask to remove the effect from the foreground, once I was back in photoshop. The Sepia effect was applied in Lightroom.
Todd T
July 23, 2009 at 5:13 am
@Todd T: I LOVE that idea. That’s the next photo contest!
Mike Wong
July 28, 2009 at 4:20 pm
So I have one more reason to love your plug-ins. The “After” photo linked above just won the local Niagara Falls World Wide Photo Walk contest. Thank you OnOne!
http://worldwidephotowalk.com/niagara-falls-ny-usa/
Todd T
July 30, 2009 at 2:04 pm