Only major gripe I have with this is while the colours are washed out, it's done in such a way (regarding the colour temperature and what I assume to be the post-processing) that makes the background look muddy (in terms of detail and in this instance the colour is literally brown and somewhat unflattering for a warm tungsten lit scene). It's also of an equal light level as the foreground elements, making separation and depth a little tricky to see. A stronger, visible rim light on Chloe's right shoulder would do wonders, as with their hair and the end of the guitar.



I'm also not sure if your focus is out or it's the compression or some form of post processing again, but Max's eyes look to be out of focus. General rule of thumb is that the closest eye should be in focus. If both eyes need to be in focus then you adjust the aperture for a deeper/thicker focal plane. I'm not really one to sacrifice the focal plane for stylistic reasons - I personally feel it makes the work feel disjointed and hard to associate with, however each to their own.



A practical might also work well for this. A desk lamp would provide visual interest in terms of balancing the frame and also provide motivation for the rim lighting I previously stated. It would also create some interesting shadows in the background and remove a lot of the frontal light that doesn't add dimension to the background.



Naturally you can listen to this or not, blah blah you know how it goes



Jealous of the set detail though that shit is perfecto