Garry k wrote:

No , are you an astronaut ?

Astronaut? How did you know?

I took the liberty to look at your portfolio and your problems are consistent with these. There are 5 quick fixes that will improve your photography tenfold.

MDWM wrote:

Astronaut? How did you know?

I took the liberty to look at your portfolio and your problems are consistent with these. There are 5 quick fixes that will improve your photography tenfold.

Do You use these quick fixes yourself ?

RTE Photography wrote:
Yes she is female and topless, but she looks like she would rather be elsewhere.

That pretty much sums it up.  No amount of retouching or fiddling with focus can compensate for the dead look in the model's eyes.

Garry k wrote:
I thought they looked good enough as is but I will rework them

Is good enough......good enough, why put up something in your port that you only believe is good enough, not perfect in your eyes. That philosophy doesn't do anything for your port or hers. But I agree with others no3 is the one out of the four.

Justin Matthews wrote:

Is good enough......good enough, why put up something in your port that you only believe is good enough, not perfect in your eyes. That philosophy doesn't do anything for your port or hers. But I agree with others no3 is the one out of the four.

Good enough as a basis for requesting critique - and of course fine tuning the shots

J O H N  A L L A N wrote:
I'm assuming these "agency models" you've been posting are the result of testing - so I'm curious, what is the booker's reaction when you return to him/her with the likes of images you typically post and put in your MM portfolio? Or are you paying these models independently and their agency never sees the images. I can't imagine a booker not freaking out over the quality.

Before I decided to get my own ( nude free ) website I'd shown my MM port to some agencies here including one of the top 2 here- and the only negative feedback I got from her was that I really need to work with a stylist . I am fine with that agents assessment but good stylists ( who will work on a collaborative and creative basis ) are hard to find where I live ( way harder than good models , or good MUAs )

I have tested ( paid and unpaid ) for a couple of midrange agencies in my city - and quickly discovered that I had little interest in doing such as they demand too much and do not appreciate glamour or nudes ( it's pretty conservative here overall )

I would much rather arrange ( directly )  to shoot what I want to shoot with local agency models who I meet in the local fashion scene and  are free to work outside their agency contracts .(Of course not every agency model is - but there are enough of them)  17 of the models you see in my port ( excluding the runway shots ) fall into this category-

Garry k wrote:

Do You use these quick fixes yourself ?

Gary, people are trying to help you.
I remember in 2009, when I first joined this site, one of the first things I read was a critique post where people told you the same thing.

Something is going on with how models look at you, and it comes out in your port, in nearly every shoot.

Read that again.

You've had this problem and you've known about it since at least 2009.

Why haven't you changed whatever it is you are doing? 

Why do you keep asking for critiques, and then get defensive or criticize those telling you the truth?

Do you really want to improve?  Really?