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Thanks tons, Chris.
Since this is in the technique section I thought I would take it a step further since I am not asking for a critique of my reference.
But first the sizing issue.
When you Xerox up an image can it distort the image just enough to get it off to start a ball rolling? I find when I do my sketches from these enlargements this is what is happening. I purchased one of the clear rulers you have in your book which I think is a great tool, and the calipers mentioned to me by Sharon (bought at a hardware store, I doubt to be used by artist, more as a weapon). Both of these help me see where I am going wrong, maybe I should use them first. I just feel like I should keep practice my drawing skills instead. Agghhhh.
As for the lighting in this composition:
This was actually shot in my den. I have attached a jpeg to show how I set up the lighting. Bryan brought down a few of his golf trophies, but he is a pretty big kid, so they were small in comparison. Being the Nancy Lopez that I am, we put some of my crystal trophies in and I set up the barn doors to throw so highlights, but they just got lost, so we pulled those and went with my normal stuff. But I do have concerns about the highlights on his shadow side now.
The quick shot of him in the studio was by the north window on a dreary day; I just took that really quick, we hadn't set artificial to replace the lack of natural for this. But how do you handle those "reflective" highlights when you
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