Thank you for your kind words! To get such a clean portrait, I focus on the eyes every time and the rest of the focus calls into place. I live for an in focus eye :) I do have a reflector and I use photoshop. However most of the pictures have been done without the reflector because I keep forgetting to bring it with me! The pictures of my nephews were taken in my dads backyard. I used a 50mm 1.4 and kind of just got right up in their faces. They were several feet from the edge of the trees which created the creamy bokeh. Thanks again and I hope this answered all of your questions : )