Exercise 1 - Portrait, scale and setting

I need to complete 4 scales of portrait in this session. Found this great model to use for this exercise:

1. Face cropped in close

Fartuun has such poise, especially as she is only 16. She has a serenity and responds to suggestions for poses with enthusiasm. I find this full face image is quite disconcerting in its impact.

2. Head and shoulders

Fartuun has such a lovely shaped neck and it comes out so well in pictures  This one with half a smile is really striking.

3. Torso, taking into account arms and hands

I like the way the model's hand and arm leads your eye round the image. The shape of her head, clearly shown by having her hair drawn back, encourages your eye to move on and around the image.  Overall, I like this image even though I was completely amazed when she untied her scarf and let her hair down (see next picture)

4. Full figure

Fartuun has an amazing figure which she enhances with her style of clothes.  Quite unknown to me when we started taking pictures, was her beautiful hair which I could see when she removed her headscarves. Wow!