Merry Christmas 2012
by kgeary

Comment by ciaeagle:
Cute! the bokeh helps draw your attention right to the little one's bright eyes. I like the neutral border color choice.

Merry Christmas 2012
by kgeary

Comment by beatabg:
She is beautiful. Amazing portrait and a greeting card!

Merry Christmas 2012
by kgeary

Comment by tanguera:
Very professional looking. I only wish she was looking at the camera

Merry Christmas 2012
by kgeary

Comment by primabarbara:
very nice! I would like a square cut even more - so that only the glittering part remains as a background

Merry Christmas 2012
by kgeary

Comment by RKT:
Love that red hair! The bokeh shimmer in the background is really pretty.

Merry Christmas 2012
by kgeary

Comment by Mike:
i used a similar background for my "real" Christmas cards. I'd be curious as to how far away the lights were, i could get mine to blur out like that.

nice job

Merry Christmas 2012
by kgeary

Comment by RyanW:
Cute model - i recognize her from the autumn photoshoot you had linked in the forums before - i'm sure your daughter will love having these pictures in the future!
The backdrop is great, i'm curious if it's a drop or just hanging lights - i'm looking to get a similarly colored dropcloth with a light pattern like this (but fully wide spread for the lights). If this is a backdrop, i'd love to hear where you got it from.

Merry Christmas 2012
by kgeary

Comment by caba:
top 3

A Portrait of Strength and Beauty
by kgeary

Comment by AllenP:
Kevin, this is a great work! Great lighting and great model. I would not dare to go shallow depth of field in my studio like this, my lights are just too strong for it. I think the lowest I have tried in my studio is f/4. I guess I could always cover my lights with an extra layer of diffusion and go even more shallow while setting my ISO to 50. This should have finished higher.

The Force Is With Him
by kgeary

Comment by LoVi:

Originally posted by JamesDowning: This one is still by far my favorite. I did vote 10, but apparently didn't vote on enough entries for my 10 to count. Sorry bud!

I don't get it either. I voted the whole challenge....left comments on every one....am hardly seeing any of my scores in red. I gave this one a ten and I can't see it. I think someone should challenge the challenge results in this challenge!!! Harrumph!