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at a studio, but i didn't like the flashes,
so i shot her next to an ikea light

p.s. 85mm f1.4d is so f#in' great....... can't live without it.

thank you for your comments as always,
theodoros

I love it. The only niggle I could see is that the nose looks slightly odd in the middle, but that could be my monitor as it's new and not calibrated yet.

cool portrait! Like the lighting, but would probably like to see more of her face/hair in focus.

Beautiful girl! I love the selective focus.

The only aspect that I don't like is the wall on the LHS that close in on her towards the top of the image.

Excellent composition, lighting and treatment!

Great work again!

Alex

Gorgious! Just perfect!

This is a beautiful example of using shallow dof perfectly. You should be very proud, it's a lovely shot.

many thanks everyone.

another one

Excellent portraits with good use of DOF
cheers
marco

Fantastic. Love the light. Shots like this make me want to spend the day practicing portraiture with my D80 and 50mm F/1.8

Also makes me want a 85mm F/1.4 - damn lens lust

Theodoros, thank you for sharing these images with us. I feel a bit awkward criticising your pictures for I have learned quite a lot from you so take my comments only as a different point of view. I feel the angle of the Ikea shade (if you hadn’t told us is an Ikea Lamp I would have thought it is a piece of paper, a curtain or a wall) a bit distracting so I would cut it out of the picture altogether or if this image is a crop of the original reframe it to give a context (e.g. appearing as a prop). The second image you almost have it and I believe the lamps shows a either a wall or as a lamp if you hadn’t cut the hand of the subject, so I would re-crop the image showing more of the hand or removing the fingers. The colour, sharpness of the eyes, and depth of field are all great.

many thanks everyone and special thanks zafra for your suggestions!

I now know why you can't live without that lens, superb shots, like the 2nd better than 1st but both shots are great

thank you Catcha.

Superb... in the second shot i would probably crop out the tips of her fingers...

Just beautiful! Nicely done.

A very beautiful portrait. Love the toned down color sepia effect and the simple expression of the child's face

many thanks!