first I uploaded my portraits to the media drive
then I imported them to light room and selected them using p and x and refined this using the staring system.
then I selected the images that were 4 or more stars and switched to develop mode in order to begin editing them. I adjusted the WB and the exposure to give the image more depth. To make my images feel like they were taken in the style of Ralph Morse.
finally I cropped the image and adjusted the horizon.
final images
Ralph Morse comparison
image of Eartha Kitt by Ralf Morse 
Although Ralph Morse manages to capture the job of his subject in the image I think I managed to give my portrait a similar feel through the angle and pose of the model. However the lighting in my image adds more of a dark feel unlike Morse’s where Eartha stands out compared to the dark background.