focal length: 50 mm
shutter speed: 1/80
aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 400
flash: none

No, I didn’t shove the camera into my little one’s face for this shot. She was crawling closer and closer to me and I was trying to get further back but the couch got in the way but that didn’t stop me from snapping away. You never quite know what you’ll get at such a close range. I like this photo even though part of her face is out of the frame. I like the high key look and the blown out white background. I was shooting against a window and adjusted the shutter speed in manual mode to get it to look this way, which is straight out of the camera with no post processing. If I were to print this, I’d run an unsharp mask to sharpen up the eyes as the image is “soft” due to the close range and large aperture.

When Sophie was younger, she’d always go straight for the camera. Now she has lost interest in it, probably because she sees it everyday, all day!

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