Thanks a lot fellas, I was pretty unsure about using the Vivace for black and gray portrait work, especially since I only have the extra long stroke motor, but it is definitely the smoothest running machine I've used so far and works well for soft gradients. Yeah the lips seem a bit dark in this picture, maybe its the settings I was using on the camera, but they look lighter in person....not by a ton, but definitely more so than in the picture.