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Thank you for stopping. All comments and critiques are appreciated.

Excellent Image Max A

Very nice portrait, I like the high ratio lighting...and the empahsis on her eyes is very powerful. The simplicity of this image very elegant and does a wonderful job drawing me in and holding my attention. The lip color and the necklace are nice finishing touches. Well done.

Thank you Jeffrey and Jeff. I appreciate your feedback.

Okay, Tiffany, I'll critique honestly from a viewer's perspective since I don't (and wouldn't know how to) do indoor controlled portraits.

 

I'll start by saying it's often difficult for me to separate beautiful subjects from beautiful photography; I think there is a tendency to be more forgiving of the photography if the model is stunningly beautiful. Now that that's out of the way, my first impression is that the shot is perhaps a bit too tight, an individual preference issue since I know you prefer tight framing. I also find the camera angle a tad high - the 50% point is just below her lower lip without much in the lower-half frame except the necklace (and without contrasting shadows of her collarbone and upper chest) - causing the image to appear somewhat top biased and overall flat.

 

A little more DoF to put everything in focus might have been my preference, or at least include the two earrings. Her strong features might also benefit from more contrasting side-light biased toward a darker overall image, and a bit more sharpening of the eyes, lips and necklace.

 

Are we still friends? :-)

....so you're telling me that I look fat???? Just kidding...classic female (sometimes male) response to a lot of unrelated comments. Actually...thank you for the very in depth comments. I agree that beautiful subjects can pull off lousy pictures...however the same applies to children in 3rd world countries. I have always shot from the heart and not the head. When I started my biz...I decided to change those priorities and work on my technical end. When I read super technical comments or how-to's however...I simply check out. You are able to translate technical info into very comprehensive speak. I think there is a certain flatness here but it worked for me because that same flatness added to the softness. I love the feedback. Thank you MIchael.

It's all in the eye of the beer-holder. :-)