Focus In and Make a Tight Crop
Photo by Alison Beachem
Alison took this portrait of her son the day after his tenth birthday as a way of documenting him at that age. The indoor shot is cropped close and focuses tightly on the boy to lessen the distractions in the background.
Camera: Canon EOS 10D. ISO 400. Lens: 50 mm. Exposure: 1/45. Aperture: f1.8. Lighting: Indoors, window light.
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