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Get the camera out again!
Scrooge here!
What a delicious subject and color! OOH! Great background color, great with gown,what a fabulous opportunity!
A. Lose the gloves, burn them so you won't be tempted, they are way too strong.
B. Take advantage of your daughter's exquisite oval face, shoot straight on.
C. Shoot the whole thing straight on, play the oval of her face against against the square of her neckline, think Holbein's Anne of Cleves.
D. Pose her like Sargent's Miss Amy Vickers, the oval of her face will be repeated by the oval form of the arms. You can use this pose to show off the drape of the silk.
E. Or pose her like Sargent's Mrs. Gardner, only hands off to the side a little bit gathering up her dress, again to show off the texture of the silk.
F. Both poses, shoot higher so you don't see under the chin. In a standing pose, it is always wise to have your subject tuck their chin under, not so much as to add a roll of skin, the trick is to find just the right height of the lens. Seated figures are shot better with an 80mm lens, standing figures 50mm or 80mm. Shoot sitting figures higher than standing ones.
G. Additional touches. Add large 4" or 5" flower, same color as dress to the neck on a ribbon. Put a large colorful dark red ring on her finger the same side as the flower, her left side would be best.
H. When you design a portrait you have to consider many things, related shapes, design balance, color, tiny details that can make or break a picture.
Hope this helps,
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