second place, General Colour

“This is one of a number of portraits I shot at a pre-Christmas party for seniors in Ottawa, which I had been invited to cover. I noticed this woman was not paying attention to what was going on around her, and was told that she suffered from Alzheimer’s. I kept shooting and talking until I got her attention. I used a black background and lit the picture using a flashgun with a Westcott softbox. Much of the visual effect is created in post-production, using Photoshop and Nik plug-ins.”

Kit Canon EOS 6D with Canon 24-70mm lens Exposure 1/1,000 sec at f/3.5, ISO 200