It's In The Eyes
by K-Rob

Comment:
Sorry, not a person, but:

Lighting: Well lit with an expressive catchlight.
Pose: Works well for the subject.
Background: cluttered, the lines cutting through the model, particularly at the head are disstractive.

Ponderous
by dagills22191

Comment:
Lighting: The lightin is good, with the exception of the lack of separation between the hair and the background
Pose: Sorry, but the model looks seriously depressed, not the most flattering for a portrait. The focus is on the elbow, and is not as sharp as it could have been once it gets to the face and ear.
Background: Works well with the tone of the image.

King Bondo
by trying2bstill

Comment:
Lighting: The ligting works well, although a small light behind the head would have provided some needed separation.
Pose: The pose is a good one, but the hunch in his shoulders and the open shirt change lay of the clothing to form leading lines pulling the eye away from his face. Cropping his left arm off would not have been my first choice.
Background: The black is done well, with the chairs balancing the composition, but I would have liked to have seen more separation between his hair and the background.

Katherine
by kncoughlin

Comment:
Lighting: The lighting is good.
Pose: The pose is good, but the perspective from below eye level is not as flattering as it could have been. The soft focus works with the dreamy pose, but you lost a lot of detail, probably from noise reduction; which is most noticable in the plastic feel of the face and the lack of clear definition in the hair.
Background: The background compliments her skin tone and makeup well.

sophisticated
by hopper

Comment:
Lighting: The lighting is excellent
Pose: I like the pose, but the nail-biter curl of the fingers does not seem to fit with the rest of the image. I am assuming the shallow DOF was intentional on her shoulders, but I found the back of her hair being OOF to be a bit distracting.
Background: Well done, with wonderful seperation.

Portrait Double
by Coley

Comment:
Lighting: The lighting is well done. Considering the subject is wet, it is suprising the highlights are not more hot than they are (which is not at all hot).
Pose: There is not much in the way of pose, but I would like to suggest that the camera's viewpoint and the drection of the eyes are at odds with each other. One (the perspective) moves the eyes into the frame, while the modes expression pushes it out of the frame.
Background: Wonderful black, although I would have liked to have some separation between the background and the model's hair.

Kat
by rubyrednails

Comment:
Lighting: The light is bright enough to keep the image evenly lit; however, even with it being difused, it seems you only had one light source. Several smaller light sources from different angles would have prevented the harshness in her skin tones.
Pose: The pose works, although a more genuine smile would have worked much better.
Background: The background works well with the model. I would suggest putting more distance between the model and the background; which would have virtually eliminated the shadow and blue glow around some of the hair caused by light reflecting back on her from behind.

Veronique
by sahko

Comment:
Lighting: The lighting is mostly good, but is hot in a few places (right arm, wrist). She could use a stronger catchlight in her eyes to give them some life.
Pose: The pose and expression really don't tell me anything abou the person. It could be from the perspective of an infant or pet, but the lack of expression make me think of someone watching zoning out in front of a TV. Which if that was your intent, it succeeds very well.
Background: The background compliments the over all tone of the image, well chosen.

Janet
by redmoon

Comment:
Lighting: Well balanced, but a bit too harsh on her skin. The catchlights make for a strong expressiveness in the eyes.
Pose: The pose is good, but I think the crop should have placed her more toward the center.
Background: The background completments the various shades of red throughout the image. Nicely chosen.

Blond light
by Louison

Comment:
Lighting: The light is well balanced with a good catchlight, but perhaps needed difused a bit more as its treatment of her skin is a bit harsh in places. The yellow cast works well with the hair, but not with the blue of th eyes and the reds of the skin and lips.
Pose: The pose works well.
Background: The yellow background works well against the hair, but the color-cast it is giving the rest of the image does not work for me as I mentioned above.