I'm assuming that a good portion of the issues everyone has pointed out stem from what you did in post. What would be fun would be for you to upload your favorite image from the session straight off the camera in full resolution. In working with a .JPG this size that is tweaked to this extent you have to use photoshop and start selecting stuff and altering it. I'm thinking there may be some very nice interpretations that can be made with just light room or a similar editor if we're starting from scratch.


That said, here is an attempt using one of the images you've posted. The background was selected and mixed with a very light gray. The reds were pulled back a bit while orange was boosted a bit. The entire image was softened a tad. I would have put her on a much darker background but it was hard to get a good selection with so little image resolution. The little bit I've pulled the background back isn't betrayed by the few stray pixels I didn't select (unless you pixel peep).

If I could pick one that I'd like to work on, it would be the 4th.