Doug Boutwell » ShootSac http://www.dougboutwell.com the occasional odd thought or image Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:18:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 TRA Recipe Contest Winners http://www.dougboutwell.com/tra-recipe-contest-winners/ http://www.dougboutwell.com/tra-recipe-contest-winners/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:50:05 +0000 Doug Boutwell http://gettotallyrad.com/blog/?p=313 First of all, a huge thank you to everyone who entered our TRA Recipe Contest this past March!  We received way more entries than I thought we would, and to the extent that it’s taken a while to pick winners, that’s my excuse (well, that and a 2 month old baby boy and a hacked website, but that’s another story…)  Also, I had intentions of emailing everyone personally when I got their entry to thank them, and since the number of entries swelled pretty fast, I never got around to that… so once again, believe me when I say that I appreciate the time spent in preparing and submitting the entries – thanks!

Lastly, we are so stinkin happy with all the photos submitted that we’re busy preparing a new website to host them all – it’ll be both a showcase for your raddest images, as well as a place to go for inspiration and ideas on how to get 100% from your favorite Photoshop actions – the Totally Rad Actions!  Look for an announcement hopefully sometime in May this year.

So without further ado, here are the winners we’ve picked for our first ever TRA Recipe Contest:

1st Place – John + Kimberly Sanderson, Lancaster, PA

John and Kimberly will be receiving the DREAM PACKAGE from Into The Darkroom.

1st Place

1st Place

The TRA Recipe:

  • TRA – Bitchin B&W (as is, no changes.) (If wanting image to be B&W)
  • Special action I made called “Buttery” (see below) made up of exclusively TRA actions:
  • Very Mild B&W texture added for grain.
  • Serve warm straight from the oven.

“Buttery” Recipe.

  1. Oh Snap (as is, no changes.)
  2. SX-70 with layer set to 45% opacity.
  3. Cinnamon toast with layer set to 47% opacity.
  4. Boutwell Magic Glasses (as is, no changes.)

2nd Place – Teri Fode, Sacramento, CA

One Year in the Wedding Chicks online directory, and one month on the site’s front page.

2nd Place

2nd Place

The TRA Recipe:

Photo Prep:

  1. Basic levels/curves
  2. Liquify and Healing Brush for skin/flaws
  3. O Snap100%

Photo Art:

  1. Flareup Golden 100%
  2. F/Zero 100% for Background / 47% foreground / 0% subject
  3. Saturation Brush: 35% yellow areas (dress/building/flare areas)
  4. Grainstorm 100% (erase out skin)
  5. Len Flare (create a dup layer and select 50-300mm under Filter > Render > Lens Flare @ 99%)
3rd Place – Christine Berry, Huntsville, AL

Christine wins a brand-new ShootSac, with her choice of custom cover.

After

After

recipe-3rd_before

Before

The TRA Recipe:

  1. Yin/Yang
  2. Select-O-Sharp
  3. Pool Party  100%  (minus curve torture layer)
  4. Get Faded (summer)  30%
  5. Warm it up Kris  54%
  6. Get faded (winter)  37%
  7. Pool Party  50%  (minus partial desat layer)
  8. Sharpen for web 2X

Thanks again to everyone who entered, and to our generous sponsors for the fabulous prizes!  The contest was so much fun that we might just have to do it again sometime… until then, keep shooting, and keep rocking the Totally Rad Actions!

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