dkfotografi Loc: Midwest

I think as long as the customer is happy then you did a great job.

LittleRedFish Loc: Naw'lens (New Orleans)

My daughters are 16 ad 18 it would be interesting to hear their comments too. I've got to show them.

vallabh1

Fixed some of you problems. Main focus was missing and also fixed a dark shadow on her face. I created main focal point on her face and eyes.

Dennis

Dria
Were your daughters comments everything you wanted to hear?

Baby Hypo

If this was my daughter, I'd be just a little more than upset about the last picture. If this girl is a senior in high school, why are you making her look like a hooker in the slum district? I know styles are like this, but it is still possible to put back the innocence of a young girl. Enough of the moralizing.
Last picture looses the flow & grace possible. Her right arm is perfectly straight - bad posing of hands & arms in both pic 1 & 3.

If you are going to use a distressed wood background, blue jeans & a blouse/sweater would have been a better choice & wouldn't have been objectionable as some have pointed out.

Your lighting is rather bright on the arms & hands. Notice when you have the bright arm up close to the face, there is more flesh from the arm than the face. It pulls the viewer away from her face, which as others have stated, is lovely.

The way you are posing the hands, she looks as though the fingers have been cut off of one of the hands.

You might try using a "gobo" to take away some of the light in the arm hand area so that the face will continue to pop out.
May I say that if you think I'm too free with comments, you should have had some of the instructors I had years ago. They were brutal - thought nothing of riping up prints & throwing them in the trash & telling me to go back & do it right. Ah, those were the days. My dad was great for that. I once spent a whole Saturday printing for the yearbook. Brought the prints home to dry. Didn't have to dry too many. Dad took a look at them & started chewing them up like fodder.

Keep going though because that is how we learn. I'm not one of the circuit teachers, but have been knocked around a few times. Just a couple of little things & you will be putting out great pictures. Best to you.

Baby Hypo

I missed the "It was what the girl & the mother wanted." Glad I'm old & retired.

vallabh1

Here you go have fun.

Dria Loc: Ohio

My daughter was a Senior 2011-- I showed her these -- She said, "It's sad mom BUT a lot of the girls go for that trashy look- and they like the laying on the bed/floor pic taken from above trying to look sexy."
I asked ,"What do you think of it"
Julie said, "it's not for me and I think that they should take their time to grow-up- they'll regret those later and then they will be mad at their parents that they didn''t set boundaries and give them higher standards as you gave me."

Keep in mind my daughter has been recruited into the honors program at the university she attends and you see photos of her on here-- she is "into" being a "princess" and she loves to "theme/era" dress.

Prospect Acres Loc: Northwestern Ohio

Thanks for the honest opinion. The issue is not if she looks cheap or whatever, it is the quaility of the photo. I have to make money at this and if the customer wants sexy, then it is my job to give her great looking sexy photos, not rather I think she has too much eye make up on if her dress is to tight.

frank bruce Loc: Albuquerque,N.M

in this case u should take a few more images so that u cover everything.i agree with u , it's the customer that matters in this case. this could go on forever .frank bruce.

Prospect Acres Loc: Northwestern Ohio

Frank, you are correct, and for the record I did take many more posses and images. We usually end up with a proof book of 30-40 images for the customer.

Carey Loc: Catskills New York

First Shot....Very pretty girl, I don't care for the fire back round. Would like to see a serene lake shot, perhaps a misty fog coming across the water..romantic.
Second Shot...Absolutely beautiful shot. Just smooth out her lower lip.
Third Shot. Sorry. She looks scared. Don't care for the background.