Photo Challenge: Creative Portraiture

When taking a portrait, a photographer's goal is to have the image reflect who that person is. So what you decide to blur or keep in focus, along with what you opt to leave in or crop out of the frame, should ultimately reflect the person you're photographing.

For this photo challenge, we teamed up with Lensbaby, who is offering three lucky winners a prize from its vast product line that will help you get more creative with your photography! These products are fantastic to have on hand because they allow you to both creatively frame your subject and selectively blur away details that might otherwise detract from what the photo has to say.

The grand prize winner of this challenge receives Lensbaby's new Scout lens
- its first lens that doesn't bend - which allows photographers easy control over the extremely wide angle of view that the lens' 12mm fisheye optic provides. Two other winners will receive $50 to spend at lensbaby.com on products of their choice!

So enter a portrait where you did something creative that let the true nature of your subject shine through!

Closed December 2, 2010