portrait attempt, cute kid pix

My first real attempt at portrait lighting, and the first shot is my 10 y/o granddaughter Geya clowning around while I set up the lighting.
A tad off center and I'm not crazy about the position of her left wrist, but over all I'm happy with the results. Still working on getting the framing thing right.

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What studio lighting are you using??

The 2nd shot is great....however (this could be due to downsampling), the photos are not as sharp as they look.

RO1

I love the second shot.

Bruce

The expression on the first one is great. But the second one is a winner. Lovely smile.

Art

Thanks for the compliments, my lighting is pretty low tech. A couple work lights, main diffused through a sheet of rip-stop nylon, a smaller one for a hairlight, and luck. PP with Photoshop Elements.
It is a little soft, I should have put the camera on the tripod for a little less hand shake.

And thank you Bruce, if these are even a fraction as good as I've seen posted here, I'm happy. I've finished working on the others I took, so I'll post this one as well... Tyler, 8

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Very nice images Shelly. You have a very good eye and a nice technique with the PhotoShop retouching.

High praise in my eyes, Thank you.

These are very nice, The only thing I see wrong is the mottling of the skin tones in #2.