How can you make them better?
Whatever you do, dont change the subject. What a beautiful daughter!.
While I think its neat to experiment with angling shots, first does not work for me. It feels very off-balance. Would be better with eye contact, rotated more traditionally counterclockwise 90 degrees. Even then, you have the key area of interst (her eyes) mid-image, rather than along a vertical third (one third from the top). I'm not sure, but the eyes appear less sharp than her hair. They are the most important feature to capture sharply.
2nd doesnt work for me either. Again, it would be better to capture her expression more directly. If you prefer to have her attention away from the camera, that's fine, but then you need to show or have your subject point to whatever she is relating to. In this image she appears to be looking at something in front of her on the ground. Her arms are cut off by the frame in a n unpleasant manner. Image is also too centered
Your last image is quite good. There is great eye contact, necessary sharpness, no problem with where her arm/trunk is cut off. Exposure is good, alhought someone may comment on the relative strong shadow across her fac...I think its fine. As is often suggested, you have eyes approx one third from the top of the image. The background color is pleasant and not too distracting, but finding feet alongside her is not so great. And there is a bit of red along the left margin which doesnt add anything and is slightly distracting.
I think the image would be improved with a vertical (portrait) orientation. As presented, I'd crop it into a portrait.
In #1 I assume she was undergoing a "makeover"? There appears to be a blue-green cast on her neck and left side of her nose as well as eye-shadow - or am I seeing things I think more of a frontal view would be better but just my opinion...
#s 2 & 3 - very centered - #2 I'd like to see her hands, #3 I'd prefer that her head not be clipped and I think I'd look at a vertical crop to remove the portions of the background that add nothing to the image.
In #3 I think you've hit the hi lites great but perhaps you can pull more detail form the shadows? Clone out whatever is on her lip. The legs and flip-flops of the person in the background are distracting. Again, cropping can eliminate a good portion of that.
Again, a delightful and photogenic young lady - better take your vitamins for when she gets into middle school
Yep, that works, which leads to the the following observations - you are the judge of what adds and detracts to your images: (1) is that a scar above her left eyebrow?, (2) there appears to be a reflection (?) just below the base of her neck, and (3) desaturate the red lips just a bit (?)
I'd bet she just had something with red icing or whatever?
All minor nits - great capture and certainly a keeper.
Thanks so much. Yes that was from a popsicle she just ate at the pool. I will play with this photo a little more, but will start to play with a few others I have as well. Just trying to learn.
#2 works best for me. It is in a league of it's own among the three. I don't care that we can't see the hands. It is a photo full of energy. Here the colours work very well -- nice warm tones. And this hint of a mischievous smile on her face (a bit of Calvin -- where is Hobbes?) There seems a bit of a yellowy stick to the left of her head in between the trees. If that was retouched away...
#1 does not do it for me.
#3 does not either. I think I'd crop even more. But I have the tendency of going over the top with cropping. I find this sharp bright light that you get from sun through haze (that's how it looks like to me here) lends a certain coldness to the atmosphere. Her left eye would need lightening up. Have you considered carefully converting this pic to B&W?
I think more of a frontal view would be better but just my opinion...