I’m not a photographer by any means so generally I’m judging a photo based on overall composition and personal appeal rather than the technical ability in producing it. I have an observational astronomy background so I’m not completely ignorant to some of the technical aspects but a lot of the specifics to the shot setup are probably lost on me.

Don’t ever apologize for simply enjoying something that you’re clearly passionate about. I always appreciate seeing passion(within reason), even if I don’t necessarily always agree.

Thank you for the link clarifying the forced perspective because I was absolutely was thinking of that but could not for the life of me think of the term. I’m glad you knew what I meant because I genuinely considered drawing an optical ray diagram to try to illustrate.

I think using the second picture of the same model from a different angle does show that it’s probably not a temporary set at least and gives a better sense of the background coloring because they used a more neutral light color. It honestly looks like it was a shot in the upstairs hallway of someone’s house to me and there’s a wall mounted AC unit partially hidden in the background.

I think overall my main issue is with the harsh outlining of the wall corners with light to give them a neon-like effect is probably what ruins this piece for me. It’s a very intentional stylistic choice and the shot wouldn’t look right without it, but I guess it just doesn’t vibe with me. Looking over the rest of this same photographers scenes though they have got some awesome pictures and are absolutely phenomenal with their lighting overall.