Strength and splendor are her clothing, and she laughs at a future day
by smardaz

Comment by SandyP:
Not voting on this one, but I had to comment. I think this portrait is a standout in this challenge. She is absolutely radiant, and the technical aspects on this are flawless! Good Luck! It should most definitely be in the very top few -- in my opinion.

Strength and splendor are her clothing, and she laughs at a future day
by smardaz

Comment by gattamarta:
Very nice portrait and model! I also like very much the lighting and sharpness. If there's anything, I am not enthusistic of the composition. Maybe having the subject a bit more on the right, so that you could have some more blank space on the left, would have given some space for her look to go through. Or maybe cropping out the right side of the image, cutting away the earring, would have better drawn the attention on her face. Just my thought. Anyway one of my favourite images of the challenge.

Strength and splendor are her clothing, and she laughs at a future day
by smardaz

Comment by njsabs:
I have met this wonderful lady before. What a beautiful smile and expression she has. Great image Jason.

it makes me feel all sparkly inside
by smardaz

Comment by Melethia:
Love the sparklies!! Might try brightening it up just a bit. I suspect the score on this one had more to do with the challenge than the shot itself.

Monsieur Yeux Bleus
by smardaz

Comment by Melethia:
By the way, you got a 9 from me on this one. I keep coming back to it. Really an excellent portrait.

Addicted to Love
by smardaz

Comment by lynnesite:
One would have always have to try very hard in order to ribbon on a free study, but people freely give good scores in them in comparison to one of the themed challenges. scarbrd's photo has more eye appeal because of both the angle at which it was taken (eliminating uninteresting background) and the visual "pop" of his post-processing. Wonderful concept and awwww-factor!

Monsieur Yeux Bleus
by smardaz

Comment by qvfd153:
Really love the effect of this photo. The eyes are amazing

Beauty and the Bridge
by smardaz

Comment by smardaz:

Originally posted by boyd2000: Care to enlighten those of us that are a little slow about the significance of the bridge Jason? Is it the bridge to her growing up? Wow, I can't believe Sofia ScooterMcNutty is a 15 year old! She looks like a model. She has really matured in the past couple of years and I'm sure has a great future ahead of her. Kailey is pretty cool too. Good job, but until I see an explanation my (and other peoples) comment below still stands. ;-)

ok....are you guys ready? is everyone sitting down? have you put the kids to bed? here is the story:THERE IS NO FREAKIN STORY!!!! lol seriously we were out shooting in Tacoma and I just really like the underside of the bridge as a backdrop, i liked the randomness of someone all made up standing under a bridge in the inner city. when i was getting these comments during the voting i was thinking "man, if this was one of those bizarre ads in vogue magazine people would think the photographer was brilliant"
As for the title, it was just the first thing that came to mind, basically just the two main elements in the shot, thats all :)

Beauty and the Bridge
by smardaz

Comment by boyd2000:
Care to enlighten those of us that are a little slow about the significance of the bridge Jason? Is it the bridge to her growing up? Wow, I can't believe Sofia ScooterMcNutty is a 15 year old! She looks like a model. She has really matured in the past couple of years and I'm sure has a great future ahead of her. Kailey is pretty cool too. Good job, but until I see an explanation my (and other peoples) comment below still stands. ;-)

Beauty and the Bridge
by smardaz

Comment by roz:
sofia looks incredibly beautiful and enigmatic in this brilliant portrait jason ...
looks like it was a close race in the challenge for you both .. :)