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Critiques and ratings welcome.

Sincerely, Jukka

Jukka,  There is an old time-worn suggestion for cropping profile portraits.  Since the subject is looking to the side, make the space they are looking through longer than the space behind their head.  When I was in college, working for the old man who was the campus photographer, he said to me "leave the eyes room to look through!"

Regards,

Jerry

I believe the subject placement is okay because if a bit were cropped off the bottom her eyes would be close to the rule of thirds--and her eyes are about 1/3 down from the top of the frame.  The hair light is too strong and washes out hair detail.  Blonds need a softer hair light than brunettes and at a lower power setting.  The main light is a bit too high so that the nose shadow runs into her lip and her left eye does not receive enough light.  You are so very close to having a technically good classical 2/3 view of her face portrait.  She is a great subject and I hope you get a chance to photograph her again.  Good luck and keep at it.