OK brand new to portraits pls help me make these better

[eerieknight]

Ok, i just got my Nikon D70s and a Alien Bee lighing kit with two B800's
my intent is to set up a home studio to do photos for peeps to start the build of my buisness .....but am struggling at this a bit an wanting to get some help to make my photos better.... not this group was taken with a lot of time to get the kids right lighting does not seem exactly right so looking for advice to make it better... i set eact light at 45 degrees off center with my main falash having the reflective umbrella set at 1/2th power about 5 foot off the subject and my fill having the shoot through umbrella , set at 1/4 power with my subject again about 5 foot away from the light.now i have these posted on web shots as i dont have a site yet or a place to put my pics
this is the link and the newest ones are http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=viewAllPhotos&albumID=548907702&security=Yndwjc
pls help me make them better open to any thing be brutal

 

[terri]

I'm putting this thread in the portraits forum so you can get better feedback on your gear, and advice for your images.

 

[eerieknight]

thanks for the move i should have read down further before i posted hehehe

 

[Sharkbait]

It's good 'Picture People' style lighting--very flat and very even. There's almost no shadow definition, and the camera and subject are always facing straight at each other.