Rosie

[jetrim]

One light and one fluffy white chair...always tough working w/ short models (Rosie is 5'1")

[GB1]

Ohh, what a beautiful model. You shot really conveys that Jim.

Some things I believe could be better though:

I don't like the drape half way across the background. It's OK where she's laying on half a comforter, but I just don't think that the background half is right.

A little dark under her left cheek. It's OK from a dramatic standpoint, but that's really not the type of shot you were going for here. It should be smooth and dreamy. (I read up on film lighting once; villains often have an underneath light, whereas heroes have smooth even lighting. Side lighting may be a wildcard. I think here that you want hero lighting .)

I like seeing her other hand back there btw. If you smoothed it a bit in PP, you did a nice job. What a tan she has

G

[jetrim]

Not much I can do about the comforter, as it's a chair, but I did lighten the lower side of the face (who said she's not a villian )

[armando_m]

I think it would look better with a tighter crop, because we only see portions of her arm, and of her thigh/leg

Amazing how different her eyes looks while laying down vs standing up

[PhilF]

#1 is nice ... rogue hair on arm
#2 ... left eye looks weird ..the shadow makes it look weird.
would be nice if she had rim lights hitting the upper shoulder or even some parts of her hair(left side)
would be nice to see her legs apart with the highlight between her legs too.
left arm skin looks weird too... near the watch.

[jetrim]

Thanks Phil. Had already decided #2 wasn't a "keeper" (chopped the leg on the chair, amongst other problems), and I agree that a strip box would have been much better as the kicker. Sadly, didn't have it along this time, but it would have made the right rim much more even from top to bottom. This was shot with a 2x2 softbox just out of the frame on the right side (maybe 5" from her arm). I mainly posted it as a context shot for the other one, to show the chair, and did almost *zero* post processing on it (white balance & sharpen).

[gahspidy]

Jet, I like the lighting of the original posted image without lightening the left lower cheek. The original darker version emphasizes her cheek bone more and slims the face. the shadow lent to a better modeling of the jaw and cheek.
I agree with GB's comment about the curtain going half way through. Its the only thing that bugs me a bit about the balance and feel of the entire image, but not a killer.

The standing pose i don't think works well here although the light is moody and interesting. As Phil pointed out, the left eye looks wrong as if its closed.
The left hand looks almost masculine as the lighting catches the veins and the large watch adds to it. The models legs appear short and it could be that she does have short legs and so maybe a lower angle shooting up at her would help with that. I just posted this as you replied and so i see your comments regarding #2.

Gorgeous model and you really nailed her beauty in that first shot.