Mother and Daughter

[pafindr]

I normally shoot landscapes and have been trying my hand at portraits.
I was recently in NY at a family get together and I was snapping away so I decided to post a few of the shots.


These are two shots of a friend and her daughter I'm posting the original and the pp I hope anyone can give me a bit of C&C so I can improve.
I appreciate any help.

[n8]

I think you did very well with blurring the backgrounds w/o making it unnatural.

[arne saknussen]

Very nice portraits. I'm glad you show the before and after.
My only issue is the little girl looking a little too posed, like she is forcing a smile, but that is hard to get I know.

[pafindr]

Thanks

Yeah that's her "I would rather be over there making mud pies" smile.

Do you think that the skin tones are off in the pp versions?

[arne saknussen]

Skin tones look really good to me.