well... What can a photographer ask for besides experience... i just started about 2 months ago, and i really have learned a couple of things...

first off, the picture you take, is NOT the picture you print. I had a good hard lesson in print cropping. Sure you can print custom and maybe do some custom matting and framwork.... but that really good picture you took... ya, it's gonna get cut where you least want it to.

second, not every model is gonna come in and be awesome, your gonna have to learn to give some direction... you hope that anytime you get someone to open themselves that they have some idea of what to do, but sometimes, they're hoping just as hard as you are.

third, well... i guess just keep trying... especially in my field, my best work.... the 3 of my favorites.... i don't know if i can make them if i was told to... all of them were spur of the moment, and just scraps... i pray for the day that i can portray what i envision....

oh well don't let a few bad shoots get ya down..... with three more in mind and nothing but time and a camera...