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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blade Canyon" data-source="post: 560110" data-attributes="member: 15302">That's a nice portrait.  The b&w looks better than the color pic.  My only tiny criticism would be that the light is too "hard", so the shadow was too harsh between the couple's faces and on the husband's shirt.  A reflector on the opposite side of the couple from the light would have filled that in.  Also, light is softer if the light source is closer to the subject, or a different kind of diffuser in front of the flash, or even using the on-camera pop up flash for a little bit of fill.  Those are just quick impressions.  The couple should be very happy with this 60th anniversary portrait.The b&w makes some of the skin spots stand out more, so I might reduce those in Photoshop.</blockquote>