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Originally posted by ELDORADO59:
Wow. He did a great job with you! You have so many great shots that it's hard to choose. You don't have any bad ones because he did almost everything right in making a great headshot. I like the one that you're partial to.

For a theatrical shot, I would choose 7 or 22-24 because in a theatrical shot, you want darker colors and preferably not smiling.

With regards to touching up, there are some rogue hair strands and some lighting modifications. If you're going to choose some from the purple and baby blue shirt sets, get your skin tone to be as bright as your white shirt sets.

The only criticism is with the ones where you wear a white shirt. If you choose any of them as one of your looks, choose one with some of the brown in the background. It contrasts what you're wearing instead of making you look like a floating head.

Example:
122

66

Your body is defined.

57

From a distance, your shirt blends too much with the background.

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Originally posted by ELDORADO59:
122 and 66 were my favorites within the white shirt set. I'm don't recommend 57 because the shirt blends with the background.

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Originally posted by not blond:
Whichever ones you choose, you still need to retouch under your eyes and get rid of stray hairs. It will make a big difference. They are nice tho.

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Originally posted by Robert Kim Photography:
What an incredible improvement on your first snaps, no?

Michael Hiller did a good job.

My only criticism is the out-of-focus appearance of all your photos. I can only assume that this is a computer issue though, and not Michael. He's a "pro" and this doesn't seem likely.

I vastly prefer the ones in the white Henley. The skin tones are warm and inviting, evidently taken indoors with a flash fill. The others however, have major issues. Not with you, the lighting. Once again, the problems shooting with natural light have pretty much eliminated all of the ones taken outdoors from serious contention. If you'll notice, your skins tones are sallow and heavily tinged with blue overtones, a typical hazard when shooting with sunlight, in the shade. On #26, the sun caused eye strain which is unfortunately, quite visible. I'd have to pass on these.

Stick with your first examples, and best of luck.

www.robertkim.com

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Originally posted by Robert Kim Photography:
I just took a look at your "test re-touch" of the smiling shot in the purple top.

Don't underestimate your own retouching abilities, xoxglossylips! You did a splendid job. You managed to eliminate much of that "blue" appearance of the skin tones, and selected the best of the bunch, too. If you could add a bit more warmth to it (less blue), it'll be darned near perfect.

Well done.

www.robertkim.com