Stancy

Nice look. I like all three images in this "noir" series.

I think I'd spot out the second catchlight from the fill.

Beautiful face and beautiful lighting. I love the expression, her hair and the scarf. I thought about David's suggestion and seems to be the right thing to do but at the same time the weirdness of a second catchlight gives a touch more to the upsetting noir feeling.

Spotting out the second catchlight has been mentioned to me, I think I'll give it a try, and if not then toning down her left eye catchlights to match the intensity of the other might be something to try. Thanks for the comments & compliments guys.

A very pretty model, your lighting technique is very close to "butterfly" and works well with this subject. The use of a hair light (meaning shining on the hair only) would create additional impact, a bit of detail in the hair and seperation of the back of the head/hair from the back ground would be the results of using the hair light.

I like the series,
Charlie.................................

Wonderfull woman and a very good portrait!
Would not change anything!

I like this one too. She is beautiful and a nice portrait. I see two catchlights and yet it seems like they must have been put pretty close together to get the shadow under her nose and on the top lip that way. How did you have your lights set up?

Thanks,
Will

Great model and lighting, the picture would have a lot more power if she had looked straight into the lens.

I like that (the looking out of frame thing). In film classes - we called that 'extradiagetic' - referring to something outside of the narrative of the contained world of the film - in this case, the photograph. Well - it's nearly filmic. What gives this portrait the depth it has is the out-of-frame reference and the 'troubled' or 'concerned' look on the face of your model. It's nearly a film still. It very much reminds me of high quality Karsh-era portraiture.