[Kimberly Dow]

Chris,

I am not speaking for Steven, but I understood him to mean digitally altering the photo to have the color/light look more like the painting. In other words, I usually have to fix the contrast or hue saturation after I photograph mine because my photography skills are lacking. I don't change the look of the painting - I just make the photo look like the actual paintng. Would that be considered some form of cheating as well? If my unaltered photo is too light then it is not presenting the painting correctly to anyone.