Hi guys & thanks a BUNCH for all your input on this!!! i also like the color version better, but kemal hated how he looked and asked me to try to see what i could do. i made a LOT of different images...and that high key one is the one we both liked the most. michelle, i don't mind long replies :) and i don't take anything you or anyone says as being negative of my work. you don't ever have to worry about that. :) what you said about glam being more for women...well i see what you're saying. i agree with you that how this "screams masculinity" as you say. i felt like something about the high key one wassnt right but wasn't sure what it was. perhaps that's it? yeah...the settings were done intentionally. This one came out exactly the way i wanted it to. i don't like to do much postwork. well, sometimes i do, but mostly i wanna try to nail my picture in the camera. Misha, i do love what you did!!!! i did try some similar to this. Misha, Michelle...are you guys saying that if i intentionally wanna overexpose or underexpose i should do that in postwork and not in cam? can you elaborate? if i have a vision & i can create that in cam, are you saying it's wiser to NOT do that? thanks for explaining! Tom...how right you are! sure isn't as easy as pushing a button. honestly...i had no idea until you posted that thread yesterday. ok guys...i'll show you what i did in just a sec... THANKS everyone!!!