practiced: harsh natural lighting, emotions, point of focus

pictures I like:

 

Pictures I dislike:

image not focused on the close eye – create closeup angle + emotions but the camera wasn’t cooperating

subject not in frame – if it was even just half of her face would be better. also random light in the left

I actually quite like this image, I just think its a bit overexposed and the leave placement is a bit unfortunate. Also, other than blur of focus, there isn’t enough difference in value to separate subject from background, especially in lower parts of hair.