Stills

This positively glows. In fact I would say that most photographers looking at this will spend more time looking at the use of tones than at the subject.

The glasses thing is awkward. I mean this is the way that we see people who wear glasses. It would have been more troubling if it were the left eye that was doubled, but as it is I don't think that it is important.
 

Colin, Rex, I appreciate the comments regarding tonality. I've been working hard on refining my B&W skills.

Regarding the glasses, a number of other people have commented on this before, but it's not as simple an issue as it at first appears. With the trend toward ever smaller lenses and frames, often the only solution short of removing the glasses is to tilt the head up quite a bit. This works for some photos, but it isn't a technique I'd always use. Similarly, pushing the glasses up the nose a bit can end up looking a bit sqaushed. And although Kate would have no problem removing her glasses, having seen a close friend devasted by having a pro photographer ask her to remove her glasses, that's not somewhere I'm willing to go. My solution is to make sure that the forward eye is mostly clear. I'd appreciate any other suggestions for dealing with this.

BTW, handy trick for removing glare from lenses: smudge the lenses with fingerprints. Learned from a DP that had spent years making low budget horor movies.
 

I agree with the point that Kate wears her glasses where they are and that moving them about to expose the eye is a 'falsehood'. I also agree that we must often see folk with glasses where the frame and lens edge crosses the line of the eye.

My concern is just that Kate's gaze grabs my attention and her eyes are a main feature of the portrait.
 

Well lit if conventional portrait. The right eye is both troubling and not a problem: it doesn't go with such a formal pose.
 

I hadn't thought of this as formal pose, but I suppose it is a bit formal.
 

I find myself wondering how I would fix that eye so it clearly does trouble me somewhat. As for how to "fix" it that is not clear. I wouldn't want to change the pose or the angle because it works well so, ultimately, I not sure what could be done besides shifting the glasses further up the nose as already mentioned.
 

I see the glow too. Very effective. Fine detail in the hair. One little quibble: calm down the spot of light on the left collar. It's interesting how the shape of the glasses matches almost perfectly the curve of the top of each eye.