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For the most part, pretty good. But if there was something that could be done to modify the lighting, I think a bit more diffusion of the flash would be helpful. In the woman's shot, the light seems pretty crisp, with a very small point-sized catchlight, and also light that's crisp enough that it is revealing the crow's feet around her eyes. On the bald fellow in purple shirt, the reflection on his head is, IMHO, too large and also too hot. I dunno...I often use two layers of Speedotron mylar diffuser over a flash head + a grid, so that the light is very soft, very diffuse, especially on bald dudes.
YMMV.
I think placing a larger diffuser, inside the softbox, would probably help more. A second option is a type of diffuser I have, which is a piece of gray mesh fabric with four clips, which goes in front of my 24x24 softboxes...no impact on the light color, but it does diffuse them a bit.
I think what we're seeing on the bald fellow's head is just too much specularity...too much sheen...from the relatively small, focused Fresnel lens in the flash sending the beam into a pretty small area, which creates a hot spot on the softbox front. Speedlights tend to have fairly 'focused' light beams at close ranges...and the inside of a softbox is pretty close. Putting the diffuser cap onto the flash might change the light's quality or its look quite a bit, actually.
It might also change somewhat if the flash unit is zoomed to a wider-angle coverage, so the light is "scrambled" more inside the box, before it goes out through the front panel.
Not sure if the softbox has an internal, suspended diffusing panel, or if it is silver- or white-lined; those three things factor into how "hot" (how specular or diffuse) the light is.
Taking all the above comments into account (and noting the advice for myself), I like them both as good captures with good expressions and poses. Very corporate looking, particularly #1. She looks like the boss lady.
I was right, then. She IS the boss lady.
When i dont have a background like #1, i rather have shallower Dof.