_11/18/10_ Coworker Mashup This is my entry for DSS #64 - Nine. Check out this gallery to see how others are interpreting the theme. I've always wanted to participate in the dgrin contests but somehow I just never had. I work with or near all these folks, and they were all kind enough to pose for the project. We have quite a range of ages and ethnic backgrounds going on, so that's pretty cool. I used my 50mm lens at f/9 and got close to fill the frame. I used red eye reduction on the flash to make sure the pupils weren't too big. Then I spent a long time tediously cutting each of these squares from each person's portrait and put it all into a Photoshop document using Smart Objects so I could easily swap out nose/eye/mouth to get the best balance. Finally the B&W conversion gave an overall sense of much-needed continuity. HUGE thank you to my models - Alicia, Ayumi, Dayna, Ivette, Judith, Juan, Kelli, Melina, Russell, Sayan and Teresa - and my apologies to those whose lovely faces I didn't use in the final draft. [last year]

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