Nello Ryan wrote:
Good shot.  Very dramatic- particularly the models' facial expression and camera angle.  Nice job on the lighting.  You've navigated the highlights in a lovely way -such that we are still able to get detail out of the window frame.  Model is well lit, with good detail in the eyes.  There is a well placed background light behind her head that helps establish subject dimension and overall perspective.  Composition is bold, but effective with good subject placement.  Nice depth of field.

Good shot.

It is a nice photo. I was wondering since you gave such an elaborate detail of what and how she got the shot...Why do you suspect it was a posed and planned shot so much?
It could very well be just a shot near the window.

I would love to hear if she had planned it though the way nello described, that is a pretty good trick to be able to read a photo that well.

Peter Dattolo wrote:
It is a nice photo. I was wondering since you gave such an elaborate detail of what and how she got the shot...Why do you suspect it was a posed and planned shot so much?
It could very well be just a shot near the window.

I would love to hear if she had planned it though the way nello described, that is a pretty good trick to be able to read a photo that well.

Actually, I don't think ALL of it was planned.  I would guess that there was a good amount chance involved in getting this shot.  But I do feel that it was ultimately delivered by good technique. 

Could this just be a lucky shot?  100% chance occurence?  And maybe she had no idea what she was doing when she took the shot?  Sure.  But I don't have any other examples of her work to compare in order to assess her overall capabilities/consistency.

Yes.  Entirely possible that this was "just a shot near the window."  But it is a Good shot by the window and -for whichever reasons- it has Good technical merit.