Beyond the Selects

I finished working on the selects from my latest headshot shoot of Nora from the earlier post… I always let the client choose their 7 favorites, then polish em up and deliver the finals… After that I usually go through them and look for any that I really like, sometimes they’re outtakes or sometimes they’re just shots that I have a reaction to.  I can’t really explain why a shot will jump out at me, it just does, you know when a photo has potential, it speaks to you subconsciously.  I don’t know if its from experience or instincts, but anyway I found a few photos in Nora’s shoot that I had to explore further…  

This first one has definitely spent some time in photoshop… Too much? 

Does this one seem a little senior portraity?  Maybe it’s the pose, I don’t know, whatayall think?