This would improve tenfold if the sun were at your back and not hers. Lovely model, nice focus and all, but the harsh contrasts in her hair and behind her really draw the attention away from her.
Aside from my eyes thinking there is a tree growing out of the top of her head (from the background), a nice photo of a pretty woman. She does indeed...sparkle.
This is a lovely lady, but I would like see more focus on her freatures and less on the background and apparel. She is dark in comparison to the background and my eyes are first drawn to the bright green in the sunshine. Her eyes kind of get lost as the lighting on her is all evenly dark. Her expression also doesn't seem to fit with what she's wearing. With sparkle and cleavage like that I would like to see a more playful, sexy look. She just seems bored to me here. Also, although she appears to be very tan, the tone seems very red hued.
She's a lovely model and hopefully you'll have the chance to keep working with her to practice more portrait work. Just one woman's opinion but I hope this is helpful.
I appreciate the efforts here, but your model is over tanned, and over blinged. Too much going on with her look. Sometimes less is more. Background needed to be simpler also, less sidewalk. The lighting is good though.
Oh dear, this has such potential but that background really kind of ruins it for me :-( The subject has such great eyes but they stuggle too much with that bright green.
Your portrait is great - nice detail and pose. Your background however is distracting - the bright light on the grass and trees pulls my eye away from your subject.
Beautiful model, however with all the glitz, and glamour she would of been better suited for a background that housed expensive champagne or something a little more exquisite. I think the moods contrast in a nutshell, but still a good photo.