Photoshop User - USA (2021-01)

Member Challenge 41 Winner | Portraits

Capturing someone’s best self in a photo is no small feat,

but our members rose to the challenge. These portraits

shared sweet, moody, intriguing, and inspiring moments

that blew us away. Here’s the winner of this month’s

Portraits Member Challenge. Congratulations to Eileen

Kotak on this stunning portrait of her son, James!

• Images must be submitted by January 24, 2021,
  at 11:59 PM ET.


• Entry must be submitted in the Community Member
  Challenge thread, where you can also find all the
  details, rules, and prize information.


• The winner will receive a featured post on our
  Insider blog, exposure on our social channels,
  and major bragging rights!
  So what are you waiting for? Time is running out.
  Create and submit an amazing image for your chance to
  win. Past winners, runner-ups, and honorable mentions
  have even been selected for the cover of Photoshop User
  magazine, so it’s a pretty big deal! In fact, Fernando
  Santos was a runner-up in the Portrait Challenge above,
  and his image is on the cover of this very issue.

The 12 Days of Christmas

on the Creative Toolkit

Did you happen to catch our 12 Days of Christmas on the

Creative Toolkit last month? Did you even know we had

a Creative Toolkit? If you answered no, then you should

immediately stop what you’re doing and go check it out.

The Toolkit is full of freebies for KelbyOne Pro members.

We’re talking Lightroom presets, Photoshop actions,

textures, eBooks, bonus videos, and more.

And every December we have the 12 Days of Christmas,

where every day for 12 days leading up to December 24,

we add another giveaway on the Toolkit. This year we have

some amazing tools from the likes of Frank Doorhof, Serge

Ramelli, Kaylee Greer, Rick Sammon, and Ibarionex Perello

(who has a brand-new column in Photoshop User starting

this issue called “Virtual Storytelling”—you should stop

what you’re doing right now and go check it out [you’re

never going to get through this article if you keep leaving

to check out other stuff, are you?]).

Anyway, go grab all the new goodies by clicking here

to visit the Toolkit. And while you’re there, you might as

well take a look at all the other stuff that’s available. n

We also had an amazing runner-up and few incredible

honorable mentions. To check out those images, click

here to visit the Insider.

Member Challenge 42 | Your Best Shot

of 2020

It’s time to look back on the year 2020 and your photography.

For this challenge, you can submit any kind of photo—

landscape, travel, wedding portrait, nature, wildlife—just

make it your best shot of the year! If you can’t find an epic

shot from the past 12 months, you have until January 24 to

make something new. So get to work and blow us away!

Make sure your photo is compelling, tells a story, and

demands our attention. Seriously, now is not the time

to hold back. Find, create, and edit that killer shot and

submit it to our last photo challenge of 2020! Here’s a

basic rundown of how the Member Challenge works:

• Entrants must be KelbyOne Pro members to
  submit their work into the contest.


• Work must be original to the entrant.


• Only one image can be submitted per entrant.


• Work must be created between January 1, 2020–
  January 24, 2021.

COMMUNITY

CHRIS MAIN | ASHLEY FOSSE | DAVE C L AY TON

Eileen Kotak

PHOTOSHOP USER

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JA N U ARY 20

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