Burlington Photographer Wins Unique Competition

BURLINGTON, Ontario - April 1, 2013 - PRLog -- At an exhibition and charity auction held last Thursday evening, the image produced by Burlington resident David Gilmour was chosen by judges as winner of ONE (http://onephotocomp.wix.com/onephoto), a competition celebrating traditional film photography and showcasing the talent of local photographic artists.

Gilmour was one of twelve professional photographers who each in turn spent one hour working alone in the same location, with the same model, using one camera, one lens, and one roll of film. Organizers processed the film and selected the best shot by each photographer. At a gala event held yesterday evening at Spencer’s at the Waterfront, large prints of the twelve selected images were displayed anonymously, assessed by judges, and after the announcement of the winner, sold in a silent auction. All proceeds from the event went to Burlington’s Breast Cancer Support Services (http://www.breastcancersupport.org/).

“I loved the challenge presented by this competition,” said Gilmour, photographic artist and owner of local portrait studio Lumacraft Photography. “With twenty-four exposures to make in sixty minutes, I had two and a half minutes per exposure to come up with a strong image idea and execute it. Since I was using a manually controlled film camera, all of the technical choices had to be made by me alone, with none of the feedback or assistance that digital cameras can provide. Like many pro photographers, I normally operate my digital camera manually for better control of the results, so this was not a concern. The problem for me was that the camera used in the competition had no auto focus feature, requiring me to focus manually. I went ahead with the laser eye surgery that I had already been considering, getting it done one week before the competition. Even though my eyes had not completely healed by the day of the contest, I was still a lot more competent and confident focusing the lens than I would have been otherwise.”

The location used by the competitors was 270 Sherman (http://www.270sherman.ca), a renovated vintage industrial mill and office complex in East Hamilton frequently used as a setting by film and TV production companies. The photographers were given access to a rustic and cavernous 30,000 square foot open interior space lined with glass block windows. Each was assigned a one hour slot during the weekend of March 2 and 3. Katya Dabic was the model who posed almost non-stop for six hours twice over the course of the two consecutive days.

About Lumacraft Photography
Photographic artist David Gilmour is the owner and operator of Lumacraft Photography (http://www.lumacraft.com) studio, specializing in producing custom portrait, product and location photography for business clients, and creative personal portraits for private clients.

About ONE
ONE is a unique photography competition conceived and organized by Derrick van der Kolk of Style Group, Chris Sakai of Sakai Promotion, and Kimberly Neale of ImOnIt.

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Contact
To learn more about the winner of the ONE competition, contact:
David A. Gilmour
Photographic Artist
Lumacraft Photography
info@lumacraft.com
905-481-0704 (office/studio)
905-220-4600 (mobile)

Event Photographs
Available upon quest are high quality, high resolution press style photographs of David Gilmour at the exhibition posing with the winning photo enlargement and with event organizers. Please inquire using the above listed contact information.