She had four photos that she entered.
One was of a piece of playground equipment that she had shot in B&W, then colorized one of the climbing rings. The second was a portrait of one of her classmates. The third was part of an assignment where she shot a friend wearing a Halloween mask, bunny ears and silly clothes that came out rather disturbing. The fourth was an extreme closeup that resembled a lot of very strange weeds, that turned out to be a cleaning brush from the chemistry lab.

While at the competition they were instructed to take some photos, then use Photoshop to manipulate them in very specific ways. I have yet to see her photo, but she described one by one of her competitors that she felt should have won- superimposing faces onto rose blooms, with interesting color manipulations.

She was figuring that she would have come in as second at best, more likely as third. Instead at about 9:30 last night she sent me a text message on my phone that said "FIRST PLACE MUTHA FUCKA!"

I think she flew home, she was so happy...

EDIT: when she wakes up I may ask her for copies of the pics to upload.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sun 25 Apr 2010, 15:55, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

That would be good, I like seeing really good photography.

(Bazongaloid, Sun 25 Apr 2010, 16:36, Reply)

I hear the shower running upstairs
so I should be able to get her to give me copies shortly. I've been encouraging her to post them on /board, but she hasn't done so yet. I may do so on her behalf...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sun 25 Apr 2010, 16:47, Reply)

Posted on /board now.
She just had the ones from her Photoshop session on site handy, but I'll get the others from her tomorrow.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sun 25 Apr 2010, 17:29, Reply)

Go have a look at some of mine.
They're brilliant.



















By brilliant I mean average.













By average I mean my Mum likes them. And she's blind.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Sun 25 Apr 2010, 17:35, Reply)

So Rood! But I'll take your word for it
as you didn't post a linky I'll not bother meself.

Sorry to hear about your Ma - at what stage of your developement did she claw her eyes out?
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Sun 25 Apr 2010, 18:04, Reply)

Here ya go.
Clicky.

I'll be posting her portfolio stuff when she brings it to me.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sun 25 Apr 2010, 18:08, Reply)

Clever stuff. Shows promise. Yellow rosette.
But I doubt B3ta indifference will dim your pride.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Sun 25 Apr 2010, 18:13, Reply)

Nah. It would be hard to dim that.
As I said, she also got into the National Honors Society, which means that she's doing exceptionally well as a student. That kinda outshines the photography award in a way.

Besides, I've seen the hard copies of what she did for her portfolio and they're much more interesting. When she gets me electronic copies I'll post those too.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sun 25 Apr 2010, 18:15, Reply)