Wot no flash?

project 1a

Alli, Holly and I did another photoshoot on wednesday. Alli wanted some high fashion images for her portfolio, the make up and hair was really edgy and Holly looked stunning..

i think some of these are the final images for the assignment. i'm still fiddling with the processing. 

i've got a friend who is a psychology lecturer and we just had a big discussion about these shots. he say they are not portraits because with a portrait you are searching for the essence of the person and these images are simply demonstrating the skills of the make-up artist and the beauty of the model.

allison isn't happy with this next shot because to her it isn't the finished product - the lips aren't painted.
i'm not happy with it because of the three shiny triangles - one between her eyes and the other two at the side of her nose.

this next shot is the finished product but look at the hair coming down the side of her cheek! i know by this time this is something i should be able to remove with GIMP...can i work it out? can i eck..