Tri and I are having a photo contest. He's got the poll on
his page. Take a look at the 2 portraits, and vote for which you think is better. On another discussion thread about portraits, I provided a link to a photography site that represented both styles of portrait done incredibly well (that's why they won.)
Look here at examples of portraits:
College Photographer of the Year AwardsLook at our portraits and vote here:
Tri's Livejournal - if it's not still the top post, you want the one posted October 10 at 1:06am.