I was so impressed with this subtle and really beautiful portrait that I visited your website. Lots of beautiful work there, and I was tremendously impressed by the originality of your wedding albums and the way you could take half a dozen or more portraits of a senior--each capturing a different "look"--and make them into a coherent whole. Returning to this portrait, the immediacy and power of that gaze is astonishing. I feel as if I am the one being looked at, not that I am looking at a print. The intelligence, humour and sensitivity of this woman come through so strongly. I hope you continue to post your photos on usefilm. I would like to think I could learn something from you.