I think the front rather than side views show the outfit the best if that's what you want your readers to see. The hair needed to be checked and arranged/combed - the sunlight hitting it makes it really noticeable in some (maybe happened when moving from one pose to another).
To me the occasional patch of sunlight makes the skin look more golden in places and it would have helped when setting up the shots to adjust the poses to take that into consideration (where you wanted the sunlight to hit, it could have been used to your advantage).
The photographer owns the copyright to the photographs unless there's something in writing to indicate otherwise. Usually for example, work for hire involves a photographer giving up rights to the photos and any income from them (and the photographer would be hired and paid for the work). Rights to the photos are usually licensed by a client (you) in a contract for a specific use or purpose, for a specific amount of time, etc. Even if you do this in trade (for example, he can use the photos in his portfolio, you can use them on your blog) it would be a good idea to learn how to license usage of photos from photographers.
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