She works with my wife... and cuts my hair

[Jerry Curtis]

I'm not very experienced at either taking or processing portraits, so I'd like some feedback in this one. Feel free to be critical.

I snapped this in a not-so-well-lit mexican pub/eatery with my V1 and F32X bounced from a yellowish ceiling. This is a 0.5MP crop from a 5MP frame, so very agressively cropped. I had to do some color balancing to restore the skintones to somewhere near normal.

The title is true. She has training as a hairdresser, but works in a physiotherapy clinic with my wife as her full-time job. She still cuts hair "on the side".

http://www.pbase.com/icicle50/image/42422945.jpg

[Andy]

so much of portraiture is about the eyes, eh? her eyes are not flattering here, jerry - too squinty. give it another go, nice color and exposure though :deal

[Jerry Curtis]

so much of portraiture is about the eyes, eh? her eyes are not flattering here, jerry - too squinty. give it another go, nice color and exposure though :deal
Yeah... that's her flirty, sexy look, I think :wink

But I know what you're saying. Eyes, for the most part, do make a portrait - I agree.

Thanks for the feedback, Andy.