Can you tell me what it is you wish were different about these? I think they actually look pretty good, and I’d suggest really only pretty minor changes. In the first link, I think I’d have liked you to take a step to your left while swiveling slightly right, to get the bag and the other musicians out of the frame, so you’d have your violinist against just the grass and the soil. If you could step back as well so you were shooting at less of a downward angle, the distortion caused by the lens* it would show off her clothes a bit better as it would more accurately reflect their real-life shape. That might get more background legs off in the distance back into your frame, though.
For the second one, would there be enough room for her to stand in front of the white brick? If you knelt so you were right at eye level, you could frame her so the top of her head was right at the top of the image and not lose her toes at the bottom. Depending on what lights you have available, maybe you could have her stand at right angles to the white brick, and dim whichever half of the room is behind her. The white brick would reflect some light onto her face, hopefully giving an image where you can see her but not too much of the room behind her (which I’m sure is a lovely room! but not what you’re photographing at the moment).
The other issue for this photo is that there’s not enough light for the lens and it’s struggling to get a clear image. That’s a whole topic in itself, and I will be talking about it in the blog post. Another thing I definitely want to cover is identifying a workable spot in your house and having that as a go-to in case you get frustrated when you’re trying to get a shot.
*where the parts of the image closest to the lens look biggest — this is why you don’t pose sitting on a couch and leaning back at the waist — it makes one look huge-legged and tiny-headed
