A little bit of C&C

[VSteele]

Hello! These are a few of my first photos that I've taken for friends! Let me know what you all think!

 

[thebeatles]

If you didn't use a pop-up flash on the first one, the pp makes it look as though you did and it makes the lighting unflattering to me. #2 is better but I would try the shot without him touching the deck altogether so you don't have that in the bottom right of the photo pulling you away from the subject. besides that #2 does look good, I would maybe tone down the circular blur. This is just what I would do. I am sure everyone has their own ideas though.

 

[ANDS!]

Can you post the original shots? These look way too cooked. Look at the right arm of the young man in the second picture - hes got artifacting all up and down the length of his sleeve.