[deanna]

Always different opionions in critique, But, I do like to know what people think, But, You are so right in saying that it's what the subject thinks that matters, But, That can be a touchy situation too as many people know absolutely nothing about photography and seek others to do there photos and as you know , There are many good photographers and bad ones out there and most subjects won't know the difference as long as there photo looks halfway decent.

Yes, If you don't stand away from the background a certain distance you will definately get bounce, Especially with a highkey white background. I like the darker backgrounds best. Must have definately had bounce of something to have that fringing around the edges and thats hard to clean up sometimes, Yes, One does have to be careful