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Hi Lee, No no - My comment was a reply to Vander, regarding asoftwind's PP. It went even more blue. Your v3 colorized BG color was less obtrusive IMHO. It would be super easy to (magic wand) select ...

+1 - and the BG moved toward the "school photos" blue as well.

Nice - but a bit of blue sclera easily fixed in post.  It seems just a bit soft to me at 100% - this could be a slight miss with the shallow DOF or a bit of movement. Compositionally you're getting ...

IMO cropping is a very basic thing the photog should do automatically. We really cannot trust the proletariat to know how to crop - or do it correctly. More importantly, should the masses be ...

Super!  Her head/body position was better/more like the original in #2, but you got the hand position fixed....  Nicely done though!

It's a neat image, clearly you weren't in control of the BG which is the main distraction.  I might be tempted to play with the shadows/recovery a bit and try some different looks.  I can't say ...

Neither - but maybe this one? I had to do some cloning to get rid of the tree branch above frame left.

See if she can come up with a top that is similar to the original then. If not the pattern, at least the neckline/cut/style. Also see if you can duplicate her left hand position - I didn't mention ...

A bit TLDR with all those links  - but of all the links (and you do realize links can be images embedded?) none/almost none were portraits in the traditional "posed" sense.  Most to me were event ...

Love it! - I remember the original thread...  Yes, much better.  This is something they and their family will treasure.  If you wanted, the BG could be duplicated from the original as well easily ...

That's two comments contradicting what I was seeing.  I must be going blind then.  Maybe it's jpg compression or it's just too small to actually tell..  Maybe it's me pixel peeping on a 5K monitor. ...

Light is key - but so is composition! Don't confuse composition with just framing (which is important too).  You need to "see" every single element in the frame and be in control of the output from ...

I would say that people likely naturally turn so that their dominant eye is closer to the camera.  Most people don't even know what their dominant eye is though unless maybe they are a golfer. :-) ...

While I agree with the hair light comments, I can also see the case for blending to black for artistic purposes. My biggest issue on this image is it's mostly OOF.  Maybe that's intentional, but ...

Hi Vinny - nice stuff but before reading the other posts, I also thought there were some issues with the skin tones/WB moving around.  Are you shooting a WB reference frame with each subject?   ...

I only scanned through the thread but didn't notice comments about the rim light/kicker.  IMO besides being unnecessary I find it distracting and inappropriate for the type of subject (business). H ...

FWIW - I understood Tedolf's meaning... He might have just said - sell all your camera gear and learn to create portraits with your phone's camera.  Same idea.  Learning how to create isn't ...

Very nice!  the crooked little lampshades make me a bit crazy - if it bothers no one else I guess I'm just a tiny bit OCD.  :-)

I think generally, no.  They do not appear to have continual support for all future cameras.  When I bought my A7RII I had to upgrade to LR6 for it to work.  I doubt any A8XX camera in the future ...

For me, for this subject, it doesn't work.  The lights from the sides create a dark area and shadows surrounding the nose and cheeks.  But - if that's the look you were going for - then you got ...