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Stop. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200, and forget this photo. You have this beautiful girl as a free model. Put a dress on her, put her indoors near a window (search the Forum for indoor lighting tips if you need to) and spend a good hour or so shooting her in different "traditional" portrait setups. Find good compositions and plan on showing off to potential clients your knowledge of value changes, creating form, depicting fabrics, light temperatures, etc.
Spend a lot of time getting the light just right. This is why I suggest moving your model indoors - outdoor light is harder to control and to paint (my own humble opinion, of course).
Don't waste time on so-so photos. Your model gets older every day and every artist alive has much less time to get it right than we think we do.
Sorry to get bossy on you.
Best wishes,
Linda
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