my friend monique @moniquenadeau wanted to update her profile photos and asked me to do the honours. fifty-some shots and there were a few good ones, but this is the best of the lot. i didn't like that collage of the warholed marilyn monroe in the background at first but looking at the photo overall, i find it rather fun and monique's beautiful smile is the first point of focus and the eye keeps coming back to her face after browsing through the background.
we'll have to find time to re-shoot perhaps using the canon or the new nikon.
Really lovely portrait, and yes, I find doing those sessions where people pose the most difficult of all....I much prefer candid shots where the person does not know I am there at all. That being said you did a great job here, and her trust in you is evident. Personally, I find her skin color a little cool and grey for my taste. It might be the lighting in the space, especially if there were fluorescent bulbs. Maybe a little color balance in RAW, just a tad more light on her face to bring her our from the background and set her off from Marilyn! ;-))
