Let me say something here at the risk of being flamed for what I have done before.
Composition wise, everything works . Heck, I have seen worse. Especially mine some of them look like a train wreck.
But looking at the pictures, it is staid. Lacks something. Enforced by the heavy handed PP which I have done before as well on one of the pictures I have posted before. I am sure Ejun will know which one I am talking about.
#1. Perspective angles are off. Thigh area looks big compared to the calf. Never let the model show the soles of her shoes to the photog as what the photo sees, the viewer sees as well.
#2. Arm is ram rod straight. Looks very stiff. Skin smoothing over done. I was and am still guilty of that sometimes. I do not know if you enhanced eye area in the PP process but on screen...it does not do justice to Cheryl in any case. I do not know how the eye make up was done. So I cannot comment, but that said, what I see HERE, it is very distracting.
#3. Best of the lot. Beautiful smile and expression. Even if Cheryl did not say it herself, one look at the pictures, I knew you liquified her bust line. The last two pics. The vignette effect mars the picture where it is already having the soft look.
All my own photos have the soft look effect cause that is my style and people who know how I shoot, knows my style. I have my clients as well: My clients are my models and when I shoot I keep them in mind. Even if it is a paid shoot, I still treat them as my clients and make the best photos for them. That is my ethic. I am not sure about yours. But by saying that you only answer to your clients in this case is a very flippant answer because even on an organised shoot like this, the model is your client and you have to answer to her.
And one other thing, who are your clients? I do not know nor cannot be bothered to find out. If you are a commercial photog, then please look at the pictures above and ask yourself, which client is happy if you this was shown unless this is what they want. Bear in mind, as a photog, make or break the model, you do it. Not the model herself nor anyone else.
with your loops... I don't understand what you're trying to say...(if you WERE trying to say anything about my work nor my business)