I am going to be super nit-picky, please don't take it personally.
First, things that I like. I enjoy the back-lighting and how it is hitting her hair. I also think the lighting on her face it good. more on lighting below. The expression on her face is pretty good. Nice defined jaw line. The composition is great. I like the slight movement in the hair, subtle but nice detail. I like the background (it does look like it is blurred in post) and depth of field.
Focus is sharpest on parts of the hair and not the eyes. I am also not a fan of the colored contacts she is wearing. I bet she has beautiful brown eyes, I much rather see them than something noticeably fake. The lighting on the face doesn't match the lighting coming from behind (one is warm and the other cool). You have some brown ghosting around the models head, I am guessing from where you fixed stray hairs. Her lip color looks like it is done in photoshop and not actually worn, and something about the teeth doesn't look right almost like they were composited in and are not her real teeth, that might be because of the lips. Lastly, one eye is slightly larger than the other, some people fix it in post some don't.
I think the only point we are not agreed on is the facial lighting which is good but I don't mind the fact that it is different in colour to the sunlight behind her. It would only make sense to have the same colour from the front in a reflected light situation, which might work well but also could flatten the image. If you were to try to emulate the sunlight then the trick is to have the sun coloured light source on the left, as in this case where the sunlight is coming from the left. Here it looks like there is some artificial light on her face and because it is well done that is totally fine with me.
I was unhappy with the facial expression/model engagement in your last posting. Here you/the model have done much better. She looks open and honest, warm and friendly, trustworthy, whereas looking a tad off can suggest the opposite to any and or all of these traits.
Not keen on the contact lenses. They make her resemble a creepy china doll with those disturbing eyes that make one feel a bit uncomfortable or even a bit sick. I'd much rather see her natural eyes, which as Brenden wrote, are likely brown and so very beautiful.
I think with overall lighting you nailed the shot. I would have liked to see this pose reversed but with the kicker camera right. The kicker light draws my attention and is a little hot for my taste. the red lips ( I know it's makeup) draws my attention from the most important element..her eyes. The contact lenses are distracting, and because the reflector is hitting her iris, it gives the illusion she is not looking into the lens. I have to blow the picture up to see that she is.
I am going to be super nit-picky, please don't take it personally.
First, things that I like. I enjoy the back-lighting and how it is hitting her hair. I also think the lighting on her face it good. more on lighting below. The expression on her face is pretty good. Nice defined jaw line. The composition is great. I like the slight movement in the hair, subtle but nice detail. I like the background (it does look like it is blurred in post) and depth of field.
Focus is sharpest on parts of the hair and not the eyes. I am also not a fan of the colored contacts she is wearing. I bet she has beautiful brown eyes, I much rather see them than something noticeably fake. The lighting on the face doesn't match the lighting coming from behind (one is warm and the other cool). You have some brown ghosting around the models head, I am guessing from where you fixed stray hairs. Her lip color looks like it is done in photoshop and not actually worn, and something about the teeth doesn't look right almost like they were composited in and are not her real teeth, that might be because of the lips. Lastly, one eye is slightly larger than the other, some people fix it in post some don't.
Brendan has provided an excellent critique.
I think the only point we are not agreed on is the facial lighting which is good but I don't mind the fact that it is different in colour to the sunlight behind her. It would only make sense to have the same colour from the front in a reflected light situation, which might work well but also could flatten the image. If you were to try to emulate the sunlight then the trick is to have the sun coloured light source on the left, as in this case where the sunlight is coming from the left. Here it looks like there is some artificial light on her face and because it is well done that is totally fine with me.
I was unhappy with the facial expression/model engagement in your last posting. Here you/the model have done much better. She looks open and honest, warm and friendly, trustworthy, whereas looking a tad off can suggest the opposite to any and or all of these traits.
Not keen on the contact lenses. They make her resemble a creepy china doll with those disturbing eyes that make one feel a bit uncomfortable or even a bit sick. I'd much rather see her natural eyes, which as Brenden wrote, are likely brown and so very beautiful.
thank you very much mr brendan & mr. Ian..i really appreciate both of your c&c. i`ll take note to improve my shoot..tqvm..have a nice day
I think with overall lighting you nailed the shot. I would have liked to see this pose reversed but with the kicker camera right. The kicker light draws my attention and is a little hot for my taste. the red lips ( I know it's makeup) draws my attention from the most important element..her eyes. The contact lenses are distracting, and because the reflector is hitting her iris, it gives the illusion she is not looking into the lens. I have to blow the picture up to see that she is.
tqvm mr. kevin.. a lot of input i got here.. i'll take note all of that for my next shoot.. tq