they would probably find it unconventional and not like it lol. but of course I am generalizing I mean I'm from that town in Missouri I speak of and I'm not into that horrible style of soft focus, fake glamor and cliche.

I make 100 usd or so when a family member of a friend gets to senior year in highschool (silly tradition of senior portraits) and I end up doing more work than any expensive studio since I'll go to any location, do any number of poses and I'll make sure things turn out just the way I want in post production and toning.

I like that photo you linked, is it yours? Personally I find it a bit over done.. Im not a fan of amazingly complex lighting set ups and heavy saturation. Im subscribed to digital photo pro magazine and I see tons of immaculately lit and produced pictures in it, but they all seem so fake and out of place in their own frames. I enjoy reality in photos. Controlling light should be to replicate or dramatize something natural. Toning and any other post production in my mind is to dramatize the natural and must sustain a belief in the reality of the image.

I hope that wasn't insulting. I don't pretend to know much. I know my opinion and that is all.