Bret Loc: Dayton Ohio

Yes I agree with Sherman....focus is just a tic off...not much really...still very nice.

Sac-Jack Loc: Sacramento, Ca

Very pretty girl and like the second one best.

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

Too light on the right side (her left )

Sarge69

CLIIICK

Emmasmom,
You have a beautiful subject, with a very nice pose, an interesting but mute background. And now Trista has shown you how to correct your white balance. I have one last suggestion for you. Consider placing your brighter light on the girls right side - the one away from the camera. In doing so you will get better modeling on the face. The lead side will have more demension. It would be hard to improve on this little ladies expression, But I'd try to get her as a subject again.
Frank

shygirl14 Loc: utah

Its a piece of cake once you get the hang of it. She has beautiful eyes :)

Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

Focus focus focus on the eyes. The rest can be fixed.

Emmasmom Loc: Missouri

Thank you all for the advice!! One of these day's I might get the hang of it! :D

bkyser Loc: Fly over country in Indiana

I think your depth of field is a little shallow. I'd like to see her whole (cute) face in focus, and then blur the background. A couple of comments from an old guy here. Move her about 4' in front of the background, and stand further away from her. It kind of looks like the lens was a bit on the short side, and you have some distortion. If you use a lens at an absolute minimum of 50mm, I'd say 70+ is better, you will get a more pleasing look.

I also agree, get a light meter, even with continuous lights, you can dial in the main and fill lights with the proper ratio, 3:1 (ish) so you get a really pleasing highlight to shadow ratio.

Custom white balance would have helped, or shoot in RAW so you can adjust after the fact.

Keep up the good work, you have a beautiful little model there. Lots of opportunity to dial it in.