The sharpest portrait is not always the one you keep

Two frames from the same afternoon. In one, the eyes are perfectly sharp, the hair is neat and the person knows where the camera is. In the other, they're mid-laugh. One hand is moving. The focus is a little behind. Which one do you print? The technically cleaner photograph might win in a catalogue. The second might be the one that makes you remember the room. These are different jobs. It's fine to keep photographs for different reasons.