portraits ::this is me::

Thanks for your comments and critiques! Kind regards,

Marius

This a nice, simple, flattering portrait of the subject. There are some good touches, but it seems to me that it might benefit from a smidgen more attention to the details.

In no particular order:

• The cropping is too tight -- you've chopped off some of the fingers of her left hand, the wrist of her right, and her left shoulder for no obvious reason. Given that the overall tone is quite soft, this cropping seems particularly brutal and unnatural.
• The bit of leg between the socks and the trousers is distracting.
• The rest of the portrait feels so simple and natural that I would probably try this same shot without the watch. It doesn't really add much except glare.
• I wonder if the light on the left-side of her head is a bit too strong. I *do* like the fact that it lights up and brings a fairl dark subject to life, but it is overwhelming the colour of the subject's skin to which it is adjacent.

I think that the title is well-chosen -- this portrait really does seem to say: "here i am," but I would like to see it done ever so sligthly differently to bring all of the promising elements together.HTH,jon

I really like this portrait!

The model is very beautiful, and the pose is perfect, but I must agree with Jon about the crop and lighting, but overall this is good stuff!

Keep up the good work, and have fun!

Ken.