Formal Pose 2

Starting a photography venture did a few headshots for a great

friend...Any thoiught or ideas let me know. Thanks

She has a nice expression and the exposure is pretty good. I wonder why almost have the usable space in the photo is taken up with nothing. Cropping in the camera will give you a sharper, better photo,with a even better, out of focus background,without wasting pixels.

well this is an 8x10 crop of the orginal cut down by 2/3 orgianl size orginaly I wanted more back ground but decided to crop it down but I will try your suggestion next time thanks...

OK, here is my critique, depth of field is OK, but lightning needs to be improved urgently. Here you've used the flash light of your camera, this kind of frontal lightning is too brilliant making the image flat and without character. Next time try with available lightning, avoiding the harsh light of the noon, better early in the morning or late in the afternoon. This lightning has a very good golden tonal range with a low angle of incidence, very appropriated for everythings, especially portraits. Still going on.