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A beautiful girl, no doubt about that; but quite fingerless.  Regardless, an attractive portrait. 

Welcome to PN, I look forward to more postings... Mike

Thanks for the comments Mike!  I noticed that too...once I got the photos loaded onto my computer!  Definitely new at this so I'm looking for all the feedback I can get!  Thanks!

Nicely compose, good eye contact. And welcome to PN, you'll like this place.

Lindsay,

She is a very pretty girl. You have focused well on her eyes. She has good eye contact with the camera (viewer). Her skin tone is very good. Her make-up looks very good. The eyeliner under her eyes frames them nicely and makes them stand out well. Her expression is quite pleasant. Your soft butterfly (Hollywood) lighting looks very good. She is well separated from the background. The contrast and color saturation is very good. 

I'm not sure what that is dangling above her head in the background, but it it is a bit annoying. Perhaps a streetlamp? Maybe she is about to get an idea?

Your left and right compositional balance is really very good. It has been mentioned about cropping into her hands. You also don't want to crop off part of her foot.

If you moved her farther away from the background you could put it out of focus. That would help to make your subject stand out better. Even out of focus, the distinct pattern (lines) in the background will draw attention away from your subject.

Watch your depth of field. Her feet are not in focus. I don't see a good reason to have any of her out of focus. An out of focus background is very nice and focuses attention on your subject. Parts of your subject out of focus will draw attention away from what is in focus. It is difficult to go wrong with having the entire subject in focus.

Her eyes would look more alive if her catch lights were more distinct. I would lighten the dark circles under her eyes.

Do not pose your subject straight on to the camera. This is not a very feminine pose. Showing your subject’s widest areas (shoulder to shoulder or hip to hip) makes those areas appear wide. Your subject will appear thinner and more feminine, graceful and elegant if turned at an angle to the camera. The lines you see from an angle have more apparent motion, interest and grace. You usually do not want to have your subject turned 90 degrees to the camera. This can make the head look unsupported. It usually looks best to angle your subject somewhere around 45 degrees.

Be careful of foreshortening. Watch for anything closer to the camera than the body. If nearer the camera than her body her feet, knees, hands, elbows and shoulders will look out of proportion to the rest of the body -- larger than normal -- foreshortened. 

Do not show her bra strap. That is rather tacky looking.

Nice shot,

Mark

Thank you Mark!  I will try to remember all of this!!!  Great feedback!  I appreciate all of your comments!!!