The blow-out was a choice. I did not want to capture the background, it is boring yet busy and distracting. I had reflectors and strobes with me, but decided right there to go high-key and lose any detail. Hence the shallow DOF, too.
The cut off legs were NOT a choice. My only sufficiently wide lens would have made her look freakishly stretched, and the space is incredibly narrow - there was no way to step back.