My name is Allison

Just beautiful! the composition, color and model 

I love the softness and tight shot on the model. She has a great expression...penetrating but not overbearing. I love the color tones. Typically I wouldn't like the background (very light upper right with the rest a darker hue...greyish tan?) but it works very well here in my humble opinion. I like it a great deal. Exactly what portrait photography should be: well staged without feeling staged.

Hi Frank,

You did a very good job with this casual portrait.

The 50mm at F/2 and the selected focus point all worked well with the available lighting.

Good job with the post processing, too.

Best Regards,  Mike

Mike, thanks. I know I can count on you to shoot straight with me. Both Madison and Allison are granddaughters - I need to spend more time behind the camera with them! Thanks for the compliment.

Beautiful portrait , I like her candid and direct gaze . I suggest taking a tad off the left , placing her better in the picture . Bill

Very simple, demure...yet classically beautiful...a very nice studio portrait...sometimes it is hard to portrait the personality of the subject in a formal portrait like this but I think you've done so here...the lighting on her face is a bit flat...I'm thinking maybe increasing the light ratio...but still a wonderful portrait.