Very well done Ruth. The pose is a bit formal but serves to highlight the guitar. A good choice of B&W.

wow that is very clean portrait.well done.

Crisp image with wonderful contrast... I find the reflection of people in the guitar quite intriguing, was this on purpose or purely coincidental? Also agree with Gary on your choice of B&W and yes, the pose is a little formal, not quite what I'd expect from a head-banger.

Ian  just4nz

Cool portrait. As has been said, very sharp and clean, and BW works best. Well done.

Very clean and nicely balanced B/W shot.

all the lighting and such looks good, but I think a change of either background or clothing is needed to make everything stand out more, just needs more contrast I think, it looks too posed to me as well, the way he's holding it makes it look like he doesnt really know how to play it. It's a very nice sharp portrait, clear and crisp.
Wes

Beautiful portrait!....great mood and composition!
Very nice "gray zones"!....well done Ruth!
Carlos

Nice shot, the guitar looks so shiny! I'm not crazy about the background and pose though, they are stealing "life" from the shot. Well done anyways, good choice of exposure and nice focus.
+8

nice

Nice composition! maybe more contrast (is my opinion)
i like it!

Nice shot Ruth. Welcome back.
John

SHAME ON YOU! For not spending more time with your friends here at gfx!

Good to see you back! So you have now passed your exams? Congratulations!

This is another typical - Ruth shot!

I must say that the live concert shots have more action and mood in them.
This one is rather stiff in comparison. His facial expressen looks not relaxed.

Still it has a level of quality which is expected from you. Sharpness, composition, light renders you +9.

Guitar... *drewling*

Great clean portrait. BW
Well done..

great job...love the soft focus

Thnx for your comments and votes all!

@ just4nz: I tried to get minimal reflections in the body of the guitar, but that was almost impossible....I do find however that the reflections in this case are not really distracting from the main subject.
@Antidromic: believe me; he sure does know how to play the guitar ;-). The black background and clothing were chosen on purpose because these are promo photos for the introduction of this new guitar, so it should be the main subject in the photo.

As some of you guys noticed, the pose is quite formal and a bit stiff, I will have to agree with that. It is actually quite hard to get a good portrait of a musician when he's not doing wat he/she's supposed to do: making music....

Great portrait! The lighting and the soft focus does the job. Love the quitar!

good to see you back
i like this one, the pause is too stiff but not bad
good job