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Hi everyone, just posting some of my latest work, most of which i love. Some are overexposed in certain areas, but i think they add to the image, but please help me by critiqueing the work for me. Thanks everyone.

 BS I think your first shot is better than the 2nd because of the light on the child's face, the light and shadows create form. I notice you favour the chopped forehead look, again not sure it totally works on the 2nd. A big improvement over the shots you first posted

Thanks Glen, I agree about the 2nd image, it was by an error of being distracted while taking the image that my finger pushed the shoot button down fully resulting in the shot, i would havve prefered the whole face/forehead in the shot, but i still love the smile (being the mum makes me bias though!!) I totally agree in regards to the first shot with the light creating form, you don't think its over exposed too much? I only wish i could edit out the hair across the mouth, still learning cs2.
Do you think the warming filter i added to the old man image too warm? i loved it when i first shot it, although i warmed it up i think too much in cs2, would you agree?

Thanks again glen.

kristen

Kristen agree there are some hot spots in the first but the eye contact is so strong it overcomes these. I find the filter too warm, but that is personal taste. I thought it may have just been a late sunset shot.

I like #1 and #4 the eye contact in these are really good. I agree with the presence of hot spots in #1 but they are not too distracting. The warming of #3 is a tad over done, but it does give a great emotion to the shot. Well done

#1, but crop it at the chin.

#3, this would have been better shot with some fill flash to help you deal with the contrasts of the shadows on the forehead. That was a very difficult shoot, btw. Also, as much as I love the exression on the gentleman's face, I cannot see with whom he's interacting, and that spoils this shot for me. It's almost a story, but it's missing an essential element.