Grandchild Maria

[Bob Botha]

Thank you, Marina for the advice. I'll make sure that I tone down the light areas and give them some color. The lighting on all the photos I received was rather harsh, this was one of the better ones! I do like the composition, though.

[John Reidy]

Bob,

One question - is the photograph a print or digital?

You may be able to gleam some value/hue information from a digital shot albeit slim (you can probably capture a lot of information in the hair - the blown out areas may be more difficult if not impossible). I would recommend that you ask for the shirt to be sent to you and to arrange for a girl of about the same complexion to pose for you in order to pick out more information in the lit part of the face.

I agree with the design and pose, very nice.

[Bob Botha]

John, It's a digital photo which I have already tweaked in Photoshop to the best of my ability. I like your idea of getting the shirt and placing it on another girl of the same size. I could then fix that rather unnatural fold in the chest area as well as get better light and shade detail, but, alas, I certainly don't know of anyone who fits that description! Since I'm eager to start this project, I guess I'll just wing it. I do have several other pictures that I could possibly get information from also. It doesn't seem as though there are any glaring composition problems, so I'm ready to proceed with it as is, using a landscape format. Thanks for the help, all!