Jessee

I really like the feeling I get from this shot... very warm!  Beautiful skin tones, nice composition!

Melissa,

Jessee is a lovely looking girl. You have focused well on her eyes. She has good eye contact with the camera (viewer) and a pretty smile. Her skin tone is wonderful. The lighting is soft and works very well with this pose. The posing of her hands is feminine and graceful looking. She has very good make-up and a very nice French manicure. This composition looks very good. The background is nicely out of focus and she is well separated from it.

Be careful when a subject is leaning her face (or any part of her body) on something. You want to make sure there is no distortion. Notice that the right side of her mouth is slightly pushed up. 

It would have been better if you hadn't cropped into the fingers of her left hand.

The band across the bottom with your advertising (MELISSA PAPAJ PHOTOGRAPHY) is not part of the photograph. This draws attention away from Jessee. Your name could be properly placed on a mat surrounding the photograph. Any advertising would be better placed on the back of the photograph.

Nice shot of a cute girl,

Mark

Thank you Mark for all of your helpful input on so many of my photos. I truly do appreciate it. As far as the watermark...it has to stay.  Ever since Sean Peele stole my image and tried to claim it as his own I have to watermark everything. This was actually one of my hardest senior portrait sessions as Jessee was deaf, so instructing her was quite difficult...so I felt blessed to have so many wonderful images of this beautiful girl, but now that you mention it, it definitely would have been better if she didn't have quite as much pressure on her hands. Thanks again!