Simo soft focus

Samuele,

She is a pretty girl with a very pleasant smile. You have focused well on your subject. The background is nicely out of focus and she is well separated from it. Her skin tone is quite nice. I guess you wanted to use soft focus for some reason? I wouldn't call this a dreamy or romantic image, so I probably would have gone for more sharpness.

I have a couple quick comments:

The lighting is pretty blotchy -- especially on her body. It might be better to place her in the shade or have the sun at her back. Blotchy sunlight can cause problems with exposure and with the contrast between shaded and sunlit areas. It can cause some clipping in the highlights.

I would move her so that the edge of the bench or table wasn't cutting into her left knee.

She has many wrinkles in her shirt. It would be better to have her sit up straighter and have her pull her shirt down in front. It might show her shape off better, too. She appears to have a very nice figure. I would be good to show it off to her advantage.

You have her posed in a very nicely calm, relaxing manner, but it is usually not a good idea to pose your subject facing straight on to, or away from, 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. Generally, it looks best to angle your subject somewhere around 45 degrees.

Just like posing her body straight on to the camera, you don't want the backs or palms or her hands facing the camera. It is much better to show the sides (edges) of her hands for the same reasons as you pose her body at an angle to the camera.

You often get more interesting and pleasing lines if you don't pose similar body parts directly across from each other -- hands, feet, elbows, knees, etc. Of course, there are some exceptions. :)

I would comment on your composition, but you have tilted your camera. Don't tilt your camera. It is usually just a gimmick that some photographers use because they think it makes their portraits look different. It is sometimes used (or overused) in fashion shots to draw attention to something. It is hardy ever used well, or for a good purpose, in portraiture. It also hardly ever enhances a portrait. It just makes your subject look off balance. Unless there is a very good reason to tilt the camera the photograph will look quite amateurish -- unprofessional.

Nice shot,

Mark