Portraiture

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Hello,

I am trying to shoot a good portrait of my father next to a velux window:
Here is the album of images I have shot so far (from a selection).
In the first image I really liked the light falling on my father's face and that was what I wanted to capture...I used a whiteboard to reflect light back into the shadowside of his face. Sadly I didn't expose right and the highlights are blown out. I am really happy with the how the light is displayed on the shadowside though.
The next Image is a lighttest with a skull from almost the same position. I'm relatively happy with the lighting but maybe the highlights are on the edge of being overexposed.
So I tried a third time. The composition of the skull in my opinion has more appeal but I think the overall lighting in this image is good. I will go closer with the camera next time to get a more interesting image.

What are your thoughts on this album ?

Thank you in advance,

A.