Patricia,
Thank you for the input, it is a very personal pose and i wasn't sure how it would translate, but I like it and so do the family so I suppose thats what counts.
I see what you mean about the crop but the eventual aim is to do one of my mum in a similar pose and hang them together (bookends so to speak
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Allan,
Again thank you for the comments, I can see what you mean about making the light source more apparent and will have a go at lightening the paper and darkening the shadows in the jersey. one thing though ( as I am still quite vague about artistic trems
) what exactly does to 'desaturate' mean.
You are right about the shadow as well, I went back and had a close look at the photo and there is a thin shadow under the (his ) left hand jawline. I think I decided to ignore it as I wasn't sure if it was from a flash
Thankyou again,
Carolyn.