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Denis,

She is a pretty girl. You have focused quite well on her eyes. She has good eye contact with the camera (viewer). Her expression is not really communicating much. She looks relatively bored. The skin tone is very good and her complexion is great. You have done a very nice job on her skin. The background is nicely neutral and she is well separated from it. The left and right composititonal balance is very good. She has good catch lights.

It is hard to see her eye make-up, but she could use mascara on her lower eyelashes and a little eyeliner under her eyes. The specular highlights on her face and lips are very good. I would crop some off the top and crop up to even as far as to get rid of her left arm and any white space between her left breast and the bow on her dress. This would take it above the mid-breast line. Sleeveless clothing in head and shoulders portraits can cause problems. You want the viewer’s eyes to go to the subject's face without constantly jumping to her arm or shoulder. You do not want her face to compete with any other light areas in your photograph.

Her necklace is too long. It should not dip into the top of her dress. You don't mention what business she is in, but this dress is very casual for business attire. Avoid bright colors and bold patterns in clothing. In a portrait the subject’s face is what is most important and nothing should draw the viewer’s attention away from the face. A plain color sleeved dress would be best.

Have your subject stand up straight with her shoulders back and her chest out. Do not have her slump her shoulders. She does not demand authority in business standing like that.

You have done a great job by not having any reflections in her glasses. Almost all people have glasses that do not sit straight on their face. That is because most people's ears are not straight across from each other and their eyes may not be exactly across from each other. You should make sure their glasses look straight on their face. Be careful of the glare on the bows of her glasses. You will have to tone that down.

Your main light is coming from her side. This casts a shadow on the side of her nose. The ideal position for a catch light is at the 10 or 2 o'clock position. To achieve this your main light should be above and to the side of your subject. The shadow from her nose will then be at a downward angle touching the side of her mouth.

Her pupils are quite dilated. If you use brighter modeling lights or have a brighter area to shoot her in her eyes will not become so dilated.

You have her at a nice angle to the camera. This pose makes her look thin, feminine and graceful. Good job.

Nice shot,

Mark

Hi Denis:

You make some great portraits. I'd like to make my portraits as good.

I'm fond of portraits and I'm starting to do some and so I took a little time to discuss your work.

I'm very much agree with Mark Chartrand when talking about the tone (just talk about what I want).

The tone of the human figure is warm, golden. As if it were illuminated with a modeling light flashes. However and in contrast the bottom is almost pure white.

Do not know if making the figure less warm can do things in the picture, but maybe you could make an attempt. All this is not censorship on photography, but an attempt to overcome some of my doubts with his work, so I appreciate your patience.

Receive a cordial greeting and excuse my intrusion into your work.

The last photo of the girl is very good.

Txipiri

Txipiri,

Many thanks for your kind attention to my portraits ! You are always welcome with your comments on my pages ! And feel free to share any comments you consider important - both about what was done good and more important - what could I do better !! Otherwise, how can I learn ? :) That's why I appreciated Mark's comment so much as well !

Txipiri, my understanding is that you are very strong in terms of processing of photos. If this is correct, then I will appreciate your comments on this part too !

I can see that you are very polite man so if you are concerned about making too hard comments publicly, you can always use my e-mail (or use this link: http://photo.net/shared/comm-to-member?user_id=5115745)

Once again, many thanks for your kind attention and valuable time !

Remain your friend and respectful follower !

Dennis.