This photograph has gotten the most recognition.
Actually, it is the only photo I have gotten any recognition for (so far). This
is my friend Sarah, and my other friend Emily was the genius behind the special
effects make-up that Sarah has on her face.
In the fall of 2012, I entered my first national amateur photo
contest. It was a national contest, held by the Photographer’s Forum Magazine,
and co-sponsored by Nikon. I entered about five photos in that contest, this
being one of them. Actually, the Sarah in the picture was the person who told
me about the contest. So I entered some of my favorite photos that I had taken
and waited. And waited. And waited. It seemed like forever before they
announced the finalists. Then, one day I came home from school and there was an
envelope with the Photographer’s Forum logo on it. I knew it contained either
really good news, or really sad news. I opened the envelope and unfolded the
perfectly creased letter. I glanced down at the paper and had barely read the
word “congratulations” before I started freaking out, jumping up and down and
screaming! I was so happy that I was a finalist in this contest. I knew that
being a finalist didn’t guarantee me actually winning anything, but I thought
it was a pretty big accomplishment. I mean, thousands of people from the United
States and Canada submitted thousands of photographs, and just being a finalist
was a pretty big deal. Then when I found out I won and honorable mention I was
over the moon! Since then I have entered two more contests. I didn’t win
anything in one, but I am still waiting to hear from the other.
When people look at this photo I get a lot of “It looks like
something out of The Hunger Games.” Which I can’t disagree with, but it wasn’t necessarily
what I was going for. Besides just goofing around with my friends in the woods
with special effects make up, I wanted it to show a darker side of emotions.
The girl has an expresson somewhere between mischievous, lonely, and desperate.
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