Pic of my Daughter

Took this shot yesterday while she was in deep thought what do you think am i improving ?

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That's a really nice shot. The only thing I'd have done differently is have more space on the right of the frame - where she's looking, so have maybe 2/3 space on the right

Different crop

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thx guys i see what you mean it adds more to the shot with her being positioned left ty

Another little trick that works well, is it generally works better for people who read from left to right, to have photos going from left to right - e.g. as your shot is, with subjects on the left of the frame, looking into empty space on the right.

Great pic! i love how you were able to blur the background. I read in many books on how to do this but it just won't come out right. It's either my subject is too close to the background, i am took close to the subject, or I am just plain old stupid.

I have the Canon 350D Rebel XT and I try, and try, and try just to take a couple of portraits of my neice and I cannot get her to the foreground of the picture. When I first got the camera, it did happen. I just didn't notice it until I printed the picture. However, i didn't want her freckles or teenage bumps on her face to show. So, i switch the photo into black and white. I will post it at the end of this page. BUT, please note that the picture above is great! Nice! and I love it. I just can't do it. I don't have any other lens or accessories with my camera. please help.

Canon workshop does start until september 2006.

see below. I also love the way you move her to the left of the picture.

I used my Nifty Fifty @F/1.8 tbh it was more luck than judgment she was about 4ft from me and 3ft away from the fire in the back ground i havnt managed to work out how to get the same effect with any other lens yet lol

The blur is caused by a small depth of field. Depth of field is basically - how much is in focus. It is related to focal length, aperture, and distance to subject. Basically - the larger the aperture (smaller number), the longer the focal length, and the closer to the subject you are, the smaller the depth of field, so more blur.

Even with the kit lens, if you get really close to the subject, and have them as far away from a background as possible, you can still get a nice background blur.

i got redex from fatgit, but got pic from coreypolis...anybody know why?

possibly because the original photo's dimensions are 768x1024???