Lauren

I used a gold reflector to balance out the light, and used a hand held

light meter for exposure, which I think worked OK; but I did not take into

account the hot spots on her toro and her hand. These are the details

that I must learn to take note of during the initial shot as I do not want to

use a lot of post process to try and correct silly errors. I am hoping to

improve with each interation, but if I do not hurry up my lovely daughter

will be gone...

Beautiful out door portrait and of very well balanced exposure, wishing you all of the best

These are minor errors, your daughter is just lovely and you made a very good portrait and DOF , well done, felicidades //Salvador

Yes, watch those hot spots but, having just looked through the folder, I'd say this is the best shot so you are definately improving.