Portrait

Any critiques of this style of portrait would really be helpful.

Thank you!

I actually prefer the thumbnail of this where the grain isn't apparent

Really interesting the grain around the shadows of her head ... The dress is a bit too dark in my opinion. Her facial expression is also very interesting, what was she thinking about ?! :)

She looks worried a little bit, but quite normal for somebody posing in front of a camera the first time. I like the shadow stuff but not the grain. Less contrast would be nice here. But I think you used the wrong stock for this kind of pic..

i like the texture and contrast of the photo. The shadow is a bit too much but its like some of mine. Nick Wellstead

in the original, there is actually pretty good contrast between the dress (actually sweater) and the shadow. I just can't get it to be apparent unless I view it in photoshop. Any suggestions?

Joe. To be honest I find that for a portrait style shot the shadow is a little overwhelming and dominates. If that's what you want it's OK but then the shadow needs to be more interesting in order to be a reasonable subject.