Focusing?

When you have 2 subjects in the view of the camera and I snap a photo I seem to get only one subject in focus the other subjext is blurred what am i doing wrong?

Too large of an aperture resulting in a shallow depth of field. Increase your aperture and both of your subjects will appear sharper in the image.

Try adjusting your aperture to about 5.6. That should do the trick if the subjects are relatively close together.

Remember you can always hit the DOF preview on your 20D.

Thanks to all for the info, I have been really disgusted with my attempts lately to capture more than one subject in my photos.

TooManyHobbies
Remember you can always hit the DOF preview on your 20D.

How do I do this "TooManyHobbies" ?

DOF explained
http://www.cambridgein​colour.com/tutorials/d​epth-of-field.htm

Take a look at Virtual Camera for some instant feedback:
http://www.camerasinte​ractive.com/index.php#

Your lens selection should provide a wide DOF. How far were the subjects apart?

There is a button on the front left of your camera near the lens removal button for DOF preview. There is also an A-DEP mode too.