First studio portrait, feedback wanted

[photocat]

Hi, this is my first studio portrait ever... I used the lamps in school,
and Alex is a co-student, willing to pose.
He was pleased with how I portraiyed him, but I wonder if this is an acceptable picture as to photographers qualities...
This is a new and exiting field for me, and certainly further time is needed to explore and get a good feel of it.
Any suggestions or feedback would be greatly appreciated. I am here after all to learn.

[photocat]

This is the same evening, school studio. A dad and his daughter. I knew I wanted those two together, they both are on my course.
I wanted them to show how they relate and comnunicate with each other, they get along so well, and this picture shows a father and a daughter in a nice moment.
I have no idea of what I am doing really, it is all so new to me.
Any feedback again welcome

[Head in the Clouds]

nice shots!
first one (handsome man by the way! - a bit sean connery dare i say?) a bit grainy? what ISO setting? might need a bit of cropping to get rid of a bit of the black on his shirt :dunno
second one, really nice shot, i like this a lot, they are obviously very comfortable with each other! i can't tell if it would be better with the shot centred or whether it works being a little off centre - kind of gives it a contempory feel ?
nice ones though!:thumb

[tmlphoto]

I like the both. #1 is a little contrasty, but it works quite well with this subject. I think I would crop #2 a little tighter, but still keep it off center.

[photocat]

The grain came when I converted it to black and white. They were originally shot in color, and I probably got more grain with the contrast tweeking.
I might crop off a bit of his shirt...
I wondered about the off center position off the dad and Pippa, but was not sure if cropping would be right. Personally, I would crop it a bit, but still leave them off center, as Thomas advizes.

Thank you guys. I am grateful for the comments.

[cmr164]

Hi, this is my first studio portrait ever... I used the lamps in school,
and Alex is a co-student, willing to pose.
He was pleased with how I portraiyed him, but I wonder if this is an acceptable picture as to photographers qualities...
This is a new and exiting field for me, and certainly further time is needed to explore and get a good feel of it.
Any suggestions or feedback would be greatly appreciated. I am here after all to learn.
I like this and I realise that the grain is from the conversion. How does it look in orig colour? Also I know you (like me) prefer not to PS shots but you might consider blurring the sharp edge transition above his head

[photocat]

The original of Alex is gone! I am always careful and work on copies, but I guess this one went wrong.
I do have another shot in this series though, they all looked like that.
The lamps were very hot, and poor Alex was sweating so much... grin
I decided to turn him into black and white to avoid the redness...
They were all underexposed too, I need more practice time in the studio.
I hope I won't loose to much sharpness when I soften the edge on his head... I had not even noticed that. Thanks for the feedback