I’m stoked to share this award from One Eyeland, as all the entrants were top-notch! And with the final months of school coming to a close, these awards and recognitions only increase my passion and drive to succeed in the industry of commercial photography. Below is the winning series titled His or Her Hands.
The Beekeeper 2012. Shot in my backyard as a fellow beekeeper and I harvested the honey from the hives.
Tracy Lang transitioning from a landscaper and accomplished large-scale woodblock print artist to the art of tattooing. Here she practices at home, surrounded by her inspirations, while her daughter watches over her shoulder.
Kelly Foote can either be found surfing the Pacific Northwest, surfing anywhere around the world, or holed up in his shaping trailer creating the boards he loves to ride. What he does quickly becomes second nature.
Robert Carlson is an internationally-acclaimed glass artist, creating amazingly complex pieces of philosophical shapes, ones that emerge from the depths of his subconscious. He peers through the mirrors of everyday life.
Matt Kuntz spends a late summer’s afternoon working on his Ford Mustang. There is still much work to be done.
A list of all award winners can be found here.
Cameron Karsten's Imaginarium 
Photo of the Day: Athena Devouring Her Soldiers
Inspired by Francisco Goya’s 1819-1823 oil painting Saturn Devouring His Son, the above project speaks of humanity’s innate compulsion to send its soldiers into the throes of death. We fight for land. We fight for possession and power. It is our willingness to send man and woman into war; and Athena above, goddess of warfare (and wisdom) unleashes her rage over the very men and women we as a people send into battle.
On the other side of the coin, we also fight for freedom, for a voice, for the ability to live our lives as we choose. There are always two sides, our decisions coming from a place we find within ourselves.
Shot with three Q-flashes, black back drop, and a 6-stop neutral density filter allowing me to shoot wide open, I brought the subject as close to the wide angle lens as possible to create distortion in her face and hands. Goya’s image is offered below for reference.
Location: private residence
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens
16mm, 1/80 sec at ƒ/2.8, ISO 100, tripod.
Post: LR4 & Adobe PS6