Serena

I'm rather fond of this recent shot and can't see any blaring problems

with it, but I'd be happy to know what you think and what I may have

missed. Thanks!

Warm subject and beautiful tones. If I would change anything I'd come in tighter to capture more of the expression and less real estate above her head. Cheers.

Shots like this are not as easy as they can seem.

For one I must say the composition allow space for the shot to breath.  Too close kills so many shots.

What would I change?  The lighting.  I would have used an overhead black negative reflector a little to her right to kill the overhead light.  Then her eyes would have opened and brightened. After all the life and soul is in the eyes.

Her skin tones would have also moved away from overexposure.

Leon Kennamar worked lots with negative lighting and I think Dean Collins also mentions it.  Your own experiments will sell you on the concept for shots like you have shown here.