Saturday, March 30, 2013

Coffee Monster - Photo Contest

Earlier this month my sister Sarah approached me with an idea she had for a photo contest the The Barista Guild of America is holding. This guild is holding a barista camp in Wisconsin to teach up-and-coming baristas some of the finer points of coffee (including latte art!) as well as offer differing levels of certification for baristas. Whoever wins the contest gets a free ride to barista camp, which is something Sarah has wanted to do for quite some time now.  

We missed the deadline for the contest that is running right now, but she plans on entering the next contest they will be holding in October for the same camp in California.
To enter, you simply submit a photo with a caption that explains why you love the craft of being a barista. To win, you get the most votes for your photo.

This is the final image Sarah will be submitting later this year:

 Sarah, crafting the coffee monster


Lighting the coffee monster on his own backdrop we made with construction paper 

Trying to match the lighting scenarios, we put the green blanket behind the subjects so that
they would blend into the darker background a little easier in the final composite.

The editing process... lots of masking! 


And once again, the final image

I'll write another update when voting time comes around in October, with links and all so we can all help Sarah get to barista camp!

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