Tell the Truth
by bvoi

Comment:
Photography's about a lot of things, but a portrait's a portrait and the subject looks happy with this one. It's a pleasure to look at.

First Posing Session
by olddj

Comment:
Magnificently bold composition. What can you do with hair like that? If you have it, flaunt it. Importantly, the subject is up to it. There is a strength of personality that is apparently quite capable of supporting this manner of portrayal. I would like to have seen the rest of the necklace and a little less dead space above the head, but you got the lateral placement right IMO.