Here is my daughter trying to look like she whats for her future album cover (might be a few years yet)
It was also my first try at printing lith on a cold toned paper. Not as lithy as I hoped, but my daughter likes it! It did allow me to drop out the background without too much effort, though.
I think it works out pretty well. The thrust of the image is with your daughter, and that is what comes across. I am not familiar with the term 'drop out' applied to photography, but the result clearly works to your advantage here.