Latest portrait shoot

Hi Dave. I'll let the others comment about the lighting, as I'm still learning, too.

However, I do want to say to be careful with such a tight crop. When they go to frame this, her chin will be cut off with the overlap of the matt/frame.

Did you do any skin post processing?

Thanks for the replies, I only did a minor retouch job on the skin, just a little work with healing and clone brushes. Didn't need to add any blur. I had a hair light Benji, unfortunately the slave trigger let me down on this shot, though I do have some others with the light.

Nicely done. Very natural looking.


Haha...another Universal Photography Truth.

I wish I had a slave unit, but I can't find anything that works with my Minolta.

Just ordered one, hey, nice work

The edit does look good.  The skin tone and everything.  However, I think the makeup is overdone.  I definitely touch up makeup in my shots.  I do darken lashes and contour the face a touch if it needs it, and perhaps add a very very subtle touch of color to cheeks and lips, however, I usually don't add makeup especially colors that weren't originally there.
HOWEVER, it is up to your client and how much creative license you are expected to have.  I wouldn't go changing things just because I thought they looked better if they are something the client will have a definite opinion about.

On the left eye (her right eye) the purple is a little too far into the inside corner of the crease (toward her nose), makeup artists don't put non-neutral color that far unless it is for a theatrical effect.

I sound negative, but I don't mean to.  The color going too far to the center was my only nitpick the other stuff was just discussing ethics, and that's everyone's individual choice.