My first attempt - what are your thoughts?

[Jacqui23]

Hi everyone,

I am very new to this site and quite new to photography also, I have always loved taking pictures but have only recently started working on building up a bit of a portfolio.

This was my first photo shoot of my best friends 5 month old daughter - she has beautiful big eyes and is very sweet.

I set up an are in her house with a bit of natural light and had a play around with different angles and poses.

This is one of my favourites but I am not sure if there is enough light or if I am on the right track? What do you think?

I shot this with my Nikon DX40 but not totally familiar with all the other specs at the moment so forgive me for not providing them. I did change it to B&W and enhanced it a little.

I would love to hear some thoughts from some of you

[st_jude1973@yahoo.com]

its a really good picture, i like the soft lighting, and you've really captured a great shot of the eyes good job. you're on the right track, just look out for those sharp shadows like below his chin and you might even want to see how it looks with the arm croppped out... just a thought. great direction though...

[Minface]

She's a cutie!

Some suggestions:
I would move back to include all of her in the shot, or if you want a closer shot I would include both arms or just a very close shot of her head. I find the one visible arm distracting.

For lighting, you could try using some tin foil or a white sheet to reflect light into those shadowed areas.

Keep on shooting! Best wishes.