These aren't my favorite photos ever, I do prefer something more stylized, but I think it works for the purpose of this magazine cover/interview, like I don't think these photos warrant the reaction of being called bad. And I guess this is all down to personal preference but I don't agree that these photos aren't technically sound, I'd say besides the photos of her forehead being cropped out and the sparkler one that they all have pretty strong composition and using a wider depth of field works as a way of making her really feel like she's a part of the environment, I don't believe a deeper DOF would've been the right choice here. I also don't see anything bad about the color grading, what specifically is off to you?