Just got new headshots and just wanted to know which one looked the best. From 251 pictures, I present these six:

I'm not a pro, but I like 3 and 6.

Ben,

These are nice shots.

I agree that #3 and #6 are the best -- the eyes are what attract us and in these shots you are making a connection with the viewer through your eyes.

Good luck.

Best,

Ron

Color balance is off.

and its gonna take a bit of time in photoshop to get it back to normal.

I feel the red levels are too intense.

what you should do next shooting, is to turn off the automatic adjustment of your camera, hold a colorcard so you have something to work with in post. If you are shooting outdoors then just set the color balance to "outdoors" and leave it there the whole shoot, dont forget the colorcard.

Also, I dont like it when too much light comes from below. I feel it makes the photo look unnatural, why do you think it is scary at camp to tell stories with the flashlight UNDER your face ?

light naturally comes from above, I would decrease the amount of light from below.

Also I might be wrong, but it appears that mixed lighting was used. seems like a combination of light from outdoors plus a strobe. the highlight parts of yoru photos are blue but your shadows are red.

what you might want to do is to use only ONE light source. Either all out with silver reflectors or all in with strobes and block out exterior light.

I prefer to work in studio light, a dark studio, couple of heads makes for great consistancy in color though with lesser systems the exposure levels vary bout a 5th of a stop here and there if you shoot too fast..

Thanks a lot for your input guys, it helped a lot.

I also like the 3rd one, but I went with the 5th one since I'm submitting it for a drama(not in the States!)

Thanks again, and wish me luck! ;D

I also vote for 3 and 6, with 6 being my favorite. You come across really warm and sincere. Great shots!