Photographer: Kristine Ridley
Location: USA

I love this portrait shot Kristine captured and enhanced. There's tons of texture, depth, movement and emotion. Keeping the background out of focus allowed for a great sense of depth to take over the picture. The model's wind blown hair gives movement to the photo and creates a comfortable path for the eye to follow from left to right. Even though the model is close to being centered in the photo, the movement of her hair allows her to look as if she's slightly off center and standing more to the right, which gives the photo more visual interest. It's apparent that Kristine enjoys color editing, because the model's hair is so complex (in a good way) in the tones and shades of her hair. There are shadows, highlights, lowlights, reds, oranges, and yellows. Kristine captured a beautiful and silly moment in time that incorporates things that every photographer loves to see.