How is this lit
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Im no expert, but it just looks like she is sat in front of a window, with very bright sunlight coming through it.
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sunlight from behind, if you want it with more sun flare over the face, its as simple as moving either yourself or the model slightly over to allow more sun to peak round the head
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I do this occasionally, with the light behind her, spot-meter for the the highlights of her face & see how that goes 
it should wash out the background but depending where you have the sun/light, you'll get a nice flare
it should wash out the background but depending where you have the sun/light, you'll get a nice flare
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When you say (not enough) do you mean technically not enough as in not a good photo.
The light contamination over her face would mean it would be rejected if it were mine - though it may have been the photographer's intention to have that effect...
A better balance between daylight and fill-in flash would help eliminate this...
If you think of the window behind her as the 'main' light and the flash as 'filler' then there's too much light coming from the 'main'. The exposure needs to be adjusted so that the two light sources are the same or vary the ratio in favour of the flash, so that the window light becomes the 'filler'...
But as I say - it may have been the photographer's intention to leave it like this in a psuedo 'David Hamilton' stylee...(a much-overlooked photographer IMO, some would say tainted by his preference for very young-appearing models...)
A better balance between daylight and fill-in flash would help eliminate this...
If you think of the window behind her as the 'main' light and the flash as 'filler' then there's too much light coming from the 'main'. The exposure needs to be adjusted so that the two light sources are the same or vary the ratio in favour of the flash, so that the window light becomes the 'filler'...
But as I say - it may have been the photographer's intention to leave it like this in a psuedo 'David Hamilton' stylee...(a much-overlooked photographer IMO, some would say tainted by his preference for very young-appearing models...)
