Lydia on a crate

I took this shot of my daughter last weekend for a modeling contest

she wants to enter and would like to have some input on it (good or

bad) ei: pose , exposure,more or less detail...

Any comments are welcome !

By the way , this is my first attempt to shoot a model posing.

Steve,  I'll leave the technical details (exposure and such) to others, and just concentrate on the pose. I'm going to offer a layman's perspective...as i have very limited experience with portrait photography.

For me...having her leg in this position doesn't work for me...at all.  It draws far too much attention to her bottom and thigh...and as well, makes them  look larger than in reality.  And being as delicate in my wording as I can be...the pose creates a crease in the crotch area...that I would assume you might want to consider. Bottom line: the pose makes her leg and bottom the main focus - not good.

Of lesser concern (and fully realizing this is probably just an "old man" perspective deal...),  her blouse is very feminine and looks great on her, but the sweat pants and athletic shoes don't seem to make for the best, most coherent clothing choices...especially if the photos are judged by older people. 

What I do like about the shot is...one, your daughter is beautiful and very photogenic, two, although it appears she's squinting quite a bit from the sunlight, her expression gives her a look of assurance and maturity beyond her actual age. Her looking straight into the lens works well for me.  I'm sure that some people would have an issue with the loose strands of hair falling across the left side of her face, but for a candid, natural shot such as this...I think it works. I have only one issue...and that's what appears to be a single strand or two of hair across her forehead, and a strand or two of hair that ends right at her left nostril.  Perhaps some very selective  cloning could take care of that.  Despite any flaws in the photo ...I can't imagine anyone failing to see your daughter's modeling potential, she's gorgeous...and the camera loves her!

This is not bad at all, you have done a great job here and she also sound very competent person, the pose sound all ok to me as well as the skin tone and details are also fine and of a nice add to this out door modeling work, although out door work is hard, still to me the image here is well balanced if not for the lighting being a little bright.

Thank you for sharing it and wishing you all of the best.

I did a B/W edit, with a tighter crop and a little rotate on this, it has a nice diagonal composition, you did have the right idea with pose and camera angle, but a little presentation refinement may add a bigger subject focus? IMO http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14304273

First of all I would like to say that you have a lovely daughter, and I hope she does well in her modeling competition!

I will second what John Gaylon posted regarding the pose.  It feels awkward in that her leg is so present and weighs the image down in the lower half of the frame. It keeps  the viewer's eye low, making her face seem less important. And probably for modeling her face is most important!

If you had shot this same pose but with the camera above her face looking down at her, the pose might not be quite as troublesome as it is here. Shooting from below gives the impression that the subject is larger; for instance if she were standing it could make her look taller and more imposing. But here it serves to weigh the image down.

This next part doesn't matter as much with the young subjects, because they don't yet have to worry about saggy jawlines,  but if If I'm being photographed and I know that I'm looking down at the photographer, I'm going to move heaven and earth to get out of that position, it adds gravity to my face and makes me look as if my face is fatter and adds more chin(s) than I wish to appear having.  It also makes the eyes a little bit squinty as well. (It was a common position my wedding photographer used, and in most of the shots I've got a double chin! So I've learned that it's a camera angle that isn't usually flattering! ;) In this image you have a little bit of the squint happening, partly because it appears to be very bright out, but also because she's looking so far down at the camera. Placing your camera around eye level and having the subject look slightly upwards with their eyes makes their eyes look really open and is usually a very flattering look. 

If it were I who was trying to get a good photo of her to present to a competition or agency or what have you, I might experiment first with getting some good head and shoulder type shots, really getting a good expression and focusing on the eyes, getting the most out of the eyes that you can. It's all about the eyes.

First you have a beautiful daughter who I am sure will do well in modeling.

Second...and since no one has mentioned exposure up to now I will mention it.

The background is too hot and washed out. She has a severe hot spot beneath her right arm. She also has a few hots spots traveling up her leg and on the right side of her blouse that I find to be a little distracting. That plain white sky forces your beautiful daughter to compete for my attention.

The exposure on her face seems to be good with no hot spots or harsh shadows and a pretty even exposure.

Take her back out on a high overcast day, find a pleasing and un-distracting background and hit her with some fill light and you should solve this problem. You could also shoot late in the day when the light turns golden and change those hot spots into nice golden accents.

For this type of candid outdoor pose I have no problem with the hair in the face although a modeling agency may want to see the entire face.

Of course that is just my opinion, I could be wrong.

I'd like to thank everyone who posted a critique for this shot !

Just so you know more about this shot , i was trying to get sort of a high key shot with to sun at the back right of the model. I also used a 42'' golden reflector at the front of her for fill light but i think it was too much (thus the squinting of the face). It was also a bit of an improvised shoot. My daughter had mentioned taking pictures but she didn't think i would actually do it on that particular day (thus the sweat pant and hair).

Don't get me wrong , I'm not trying to find excuse.  I find all of your advise great and it will help me to think about these things in future .

Again, 

Thank you very much!!  :-)

You're quite welcome! And...good luck to your daughter!  She's  lovely.

I took the liberty of having fun with the image to see if you would like it.