i'm working on a series of headshots of some 70 members of a local choir.

decided to go for a very simple setup, to get some consistency.

here are two of the shots. interested in your critiques.

#1

These look quite good to me, Edsger. It's hard to find something to suggest for an improvement.

All I can come up with is that the gentleman is taller than the lady. I deduce that by the background lighting pattern where she is ideally positioned and he is a tiny bit high (meaning the background light could be raised). How's that for a minor nit?

Nice expressions on both.

Nice light too.

My Simple Suggestion for YOU: Crop above the elbow and eliminate those big hands.

Watch out for the strong shadow between the nose and the eye esp. when shooting people with glasses. And I agree with Steady the hands look rather big and I would either crop or use longer lens.

If they are mostly dressed up in black perhaps a little bit fill on the chest and a bigger light circle on the backdrop would not hurt?

Setup is good and stylish. Skin and skin tones look good.

EDIT: One more thing. In the first image the left hand looks a little bit crippled. On the second I am kind of missing the other hand. Perhaps you could get a better balance with a pose showing both hands? The guy could have wrapped the fingers around the arm on the table, the lady could have extended her fingers. Just for your consideration.