focal length: 50 mm
shutter speed: 1/100
aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 500
flash: none

Your subject needn’t always be looking at the camera but as long as her eyes are in the frame, I think it makes for a nice photo. The viewer is left to wonder what the subject was looking at and a story is built out of a split second in time. For this image, I brightened it slightly and increased the contrast a bit.

Sophie was having a ball splashing around in the tub. I think it might be time to take her to the pool!

Laura is a Vancouver wedding and portrait photographer. Visit laurahana.com.