Night Portrait Lighting (child)

[dsze]

Opinions? Thoughts on the lighting especially appreciated. These were all taken in an unlit room at night, using only a 420EX and various reflectors.
http://home.comcast.net/~randomphotos/CRW_6096.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~randomphotos/CRW_6097.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~randomphotos/CRW_6114.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~randomphotos/CRW_6115.jpg

thanks,
-daniel

[Reminisce]

#2 and #3 are Fantastic. #1 the lighting is a little harsh and shows the bags under his eyes which subtract from his beautiful eyes that could easily be the focus of that picture. nothing a little photoshop couldnt fix.
#4 I think there is too much shadow on the left side of her face is my only thing there. The look on her face captures a lot, but the shadow from her hair covering her eye takes away from it.

Overall I think these are great shots, and the blackness in the background really add to the pics instead of subtract from them. :)

[Mystery]

beautiful shots.

you've given me some ideas to try myself.

[Ballen Photo]

Daniel, These look pretty good. I especially like #1 & #3. None of the light appears to be direct, but rather, all bounced and or diffused, which is always better IMHO. Nice work, keep it up. :D
-Bruce

[dobova]

#3 really nice...correct light in shining eyes, good DOF..it's a bit different from a classic kid portrait

[dsze]

Thanks for all the comments. ...much appreciated. I was planning to try some more tonight with different reflective colors (less gold and more silver), but ended up putting together a new dining room table for the wife's V-Day gift... now, I don't know that my back will allow me to even pickup my camera! OUch! Anyway, thanks. Any further comments/suggestions welcomed.

-daniel