Rocking the portraits

Man...I love this photo, I really do. I think its because although half of Brynn's face is hidden, you can tell she's smiling just from her eyes. Shes hiding most of her face, but just that little squint gives away the feel of the scene. And hey! it follows the rule of thirds! score! The harsh light that dominates the right side of the frame gives a sense of something that I can't quite put my finger on.
The detail on her hand is really nice too. I worked on this image for at least half an hour in camera raw and photoshop. Added a bit of smart sharpen to really bring out the ridges in her hand, and tweaked with the curves to give a good black and white rendering of this image...I've found that theres a lot more to converting color images to black and white than just punching the desaturate option.

Interesting shot, I like the light coming from behind along with the background, something about the beacon just makes the entire shot more interesting. Composition against the sky can definitely make for an interesting shot.

Another shot with an interesting background. The framing and saturation of the background makes it the subject of the image, whereas Brynn is almost a visitor to this scene entering from frame left. Another different yet interesting approach to portraiture with room to explore.

Portraiture meets landscape. Another shot where the subject is the landscape and the model is more a visitor or an accesory. I like the idea of framing someone against these infinite expanses of the sky and the ocean, it suggests elements of human fragility against nature.

Yet another instance of landscape meets portraiture...I'm really keen on this fusion, tends to work well. Brynn is a visitor to this sunset beach scene, however without her presence this photo would clearly be lacking.

An good example of irregular framing...if Brynn had been framed in the middle of this one, the photo would clearly be lacking. She's placed to the side, and it allows us to see down the scene, however her facial expression and position is enough to capture the eye. Another slightly mysterious portrait; what is she smirking about? I want to run on this idea of having one eye covered, it seems to work. Its interesting how moods can be expressed with only a fraction of one's face visible, same idea as the top image.