My overall strengths in this project is my creativity and ability to show it in my portraits. An improvement that I could make is retake photos if it isn't perfect instead of moving one to the next lighting. I learned the difference that lighting makes on the appearance of ones face.
Photographing an egg helped me know what the final photo is supposed to look like.
The two labs are similar since we worked in groups and someone could help with the lighting, but they were also different because in the second lab we were photographing a real person and had more control on how the subject looked.  Lighting is important for a photographer to understand because depending on where the light is coming from, it can change the whole mood of the photo and in some cases cover more or less of the face than you want. I will keep in mind where I want light to come in from and position my model right so I get the picture I want in the future.