I have the honor to have been invited to judge @jasonrussell's portrait contest for these two weeks and the theme is:

![Auto.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRTTgHYVKTJwcfiBj8uAE55VdMdxYMo8cNTo2HKeVuK7Y/Auto.jpg) this is my own autoportrait

Black and White Portraits

A few hints what i will be looking in the entries to decide the winners. Basically portraiture is a very wide genre and i will consider all monochrome portraits such as (all work below is my original content):

Classic Natural Light Headshots

![_DSC4177bw.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbgpREM4UKrpUPMsyyYy2PBSyeUWuJPfe61UuP6z7wEop/_DSC4177bw.jpg) ![Deividas Leilionas_7956.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmc1S4L4Q3zgF6BQ94piQzQN8QzvEg7JryEZ5xXQ69pKiZ/Deividas%20Leilionas_7956.jpg)

Full Body Portraits

![4h1DcM1DOsDb9ZrGwadQHEQLOxeut8nEypOSg8moqn91s6u20CBgHooD0Yic6MJw.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQLH2LGiDdSkkMACcDyLr67yUrb6XSQwx5ujP8Yc8RSqL/4h1DcM1DOsDb9ZrGwadQHEQLOxeut8nEypOSg8moqn91s6u20CBgHooD0Yic6MJw.jpg) ![DSC_3100bw.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZ8hjzrrHqioRCxr3iuWA1Xx9BUv9Vngf4Qiyw1wQVuqJ/DSC_3100bw.jpg) ![DSC_0181bw.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdryymy59SaMhCzVNdomjxAdtjHNCYTq2hJWB1npYxFhE/DSC_0181bw.jpg)

Artificial Light Studio Portraits

![DSC_1815.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbUJ9kQiyi3FnGqoRPrVHn2rJvxV1PkR4aQK1kD31rMJs/DSC_1815.jpg) ![DSC_3132bw.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXJkzLNnYLMQE4SU7oniWf8ZRJH6UcW4bJotSXR6jYQtw/DSC_3132bw.jpg)

I will especially be looking for the portraits that tell some story.

![DSC_0817bw.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmf6QRqUSB75bZKTUxC3g9imJCqMEhcZLbzM8FcR9PZMqB/DSC_0817bw.jpg) ![DSC_0852bw xs city - Copy (2).jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmSW3wa3Trr6ZsiM5EJCXYLLaXG7WdT5nYTNscbzfU5e3y/DSC_0852bw%20xs%20city%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg) ![DSC_0901bw copy (2).jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmT5Ev6d5aL494ojjyszRRx9tbMATdAFujmoigEVSG3UXN/DSC_0901bw%20copy%20(2).jpg)

In addition to liquid prizes kindly provided by @jasonrussel's contest i will grant:

**One Year Expert Membership on [BeScouted](www.bescouted.com) for the winner of the 1st place.** **One Year Pro Membership on [BeScouted](www.bescouted.com) for the winners of the 2nd and 3rd places.** **Three Months Pro Membership on [BeScouted](www.bescouted.com) for all the honorable mentions.** i.e. if the winners choose to sign up on [BeScouted](www.bescouted.com) and provide their profile links.

Other than that select your best entries, go and take some portraits if you do not have any and submit them to @jasonrussell portrait contest by using the tag #portraitcontest

Theme again is: Black and White Portraits

Good Luck

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