samanta

Wow, what a portrait! Congrats.

Beautiful girls do help beautiful portraits. Quite lovely!

Very nice.  Very beautiful model.  Angle of the head is nice, nose in the middle of the frame, good lighting, good catch light, etc...  Best regards...Brent

Sesham,

Samanta is a beautiful girl. You have focused well on her eyes. Her skin tone is good and I like the way you have angled her to the camera. Her make-up looks very good. The color of her lipstick goes well with the color of her dress. She has good specular highlights on her lips. The eyeliner under her eyes really helps to make her eyes stand out. Her expression is very good. The background is nicely neutral and she is well separated from it. 

There a just a couple things I think you could do to improve this as a portrait.

She has good catchlights, but I would like to see them on the upper part of the irises. They would look a little more natural there rather than in the center of her pupils. These a bit like like they are reflecting back from the built-in flash of your camera.

You could crop just a tad off the top and a little off the right (her left) side. You want to compositionally balance the left and right sides of the photograph. The compositional "rule" for this suggests that you position the tip of the subject's nose in the vertical center of the photograph. By positioning the tip of her nose in the vertical center of the photograph you not only have her facing into the picture, but you have good left and right compositional balance. This little rule almost always works well. At least it gives you a good starting point from which to subtly adjust your composition to make it visually balanced.

She is looking to the right (her left) of the camera and where her head is pointing. If not making eye contact with the camera (viewer), the eyes should follow the line of the nose. It is natural to look where your head is pointing. If looking off to the side you should show what she is looking at or provide a reason that she is not looking where her head is pointing. 

I tried to improve the compositional balance and I took a little yellow out.

Nice shot,

Mark