Rough Hewn Images wrote:
Just talking about the people pics.  Other than the avatar, not one is looking at the camera.  The lighting and colors are kind of flat.  The 3 head shots in the second row are essentially the same picture.  Get a variety of looks and look at the framing of the subjects.  Just a suggested starting point.

Take time to look through MM and look at the variety of poses and lighting.  Use the browse to find photographers in your area that you might be able to talk to.  Another thing to think about is taking a class in lighting and portraiture, there are some online classes but live is better.

Thanks.

I hadn't thought about subjects looking at the camera. In fact most of the shots were meant to show people engaged in other activity but I realize I didn't capture that other activity.

Classes and other photographers are not an option here. I live too far from the nearest big center for that to apply.

Howard Tarragon wrote:
CreativeLive has many good videos (I recommend Lindsay Adler). They sometimes have freebies and often have sales. You down load them and they're yours. No, I do not work for them.

Co-sign.CL is chock full of expert in al phases of commercial photography! You can freely view many classes when they are live which helps you decide on purchasing. The site will even let you setup reminders so that you don’t miss he free option.
I was lucky to be gifted several dozen classes from my local mentor. Doubly lucky to have met Ms. Adler at a recent PPA event, and can’t say enough about her accumulated skills and personality. She’s only 1 of the excellent instructors there.
‘Nuff said. Run, don’t walk to their website.

YouTube, Udemy, Lynda ( if it’s still around) even LinkedIn, all have good courses. In short, if you can connect to the ‘net, you can find classes.