The pursuit of excellence is not about perfection. It is about letting our best selves show up to do the best work we’re meant to do. What is a good benchmark for pursuing excellence?

Image competition. It’s a journey that can lead to improved skills, more earning capacity, and better recognition through branding and marketing.

During this program, Kristy Steeves, who is a PPA approved juror, will talk about what makes an image merit-worthy. She will also show common pitfalls, using her own work, that keep images from doing well. She will then show you how to prepare your images for competition by sharing her favorite editing techniques. She will cover Layers and Masks, the History Brush tool, adding shadow or light to your images, and so much more. All of this translates to better client work!

As a bonus, Kristy will be gifting those who attend this program 10 digitally painted backgrounds that can be used for client and competition images. She will show you how to use and blend the textured backgrounds as well. Our speaker will be providing attendees with images to work on as she demonstrates editing techniques for a hands-on experience. We ask that you have the latest version of Photoshop set up on your laptop prior to the presentation.