Simplify, simplify, simplify! (The KISS principle)

So many folks seem to look at photography as a mathematical problem to be solved. Lens specs are only really important when you acquire it, and when you select the one most appropriate for the subject matter at hand; your only real choices are: do I need a longer or shorter focal length, larger or smaller aperture.

Mount a lens, look through it, and if it doesn't give you what you want, mount a different one. Don't confuse yourself with 35mm equivalencies, you'll go nuts thinking about it.

My inernet service crashed last night, so I was not able to get back on until now.

Thank you all for your help and suggestion. I'm her Mom so of course I thinks she's pretty, but I'll have to let her see the comments so she hears that from others. At sixteen most teenage girls can only find their faults. She has had several boys tell her that they would date her if she did not have red hair. Lucky for me she told them that they were stupid jerks. Go away and grow up. She's got a lot of that red hair spirit, much like MWAC has....and okay I'm a red head too.

I like several of them, I do agree that freckles are part of a redhead, but you can lessen them. i see that y'all took out the blemishes and soften the shadows a bit, like it all.

I like the opening of the eyes, but what about the lips, can anyone smooth them out a bit and add a touch of gloss? Maybe make them not look so dry? That's something that stands out, I wish she had had lip gloss on at the time of the picture.

Thank you all very much again, I'm going to let her pick out the things she likes in each photo.

Rach

First reaction: If this were my photo, I would never show it to anyone.

Second reaction: The word "Pro", or professional, means that someone's efforts are their main source of income. A professional poker player has no other significant source of income. Same for a professional boxer, professional actor, or a professional photographer.

I have photography clients, but photography is not my primary source of income. I consider myself a free-lance photographer. My 1040 reflects money earned, and money spent on photography.

If my photos looked like the example presented above, I would not be making any money as a photographer.