Reshoot, reshoot, reshoot.
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I did try in photoshop - keeping in mind the light is different, but it doesnt read true to me.
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...and it never will.
Only paint from reference you are really happy with. It's not worth banging your head against the wall for weeks trying to cobble together a painting from the wrong reference, or especially using photos in which the lighting doesn't match.
It's not just his mouth that's a problem in the second shot, his whole lower face is in deep shadow because it's being shaded by her head. Hate to say it but I think it's "back to the drawing board...."