A Portrait A Week – July 22nd Edition – Seven Little Australians & Counting

A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013

1. Our Oldest

2. Our Youngest

3. Our Girls.

Photo credit our Anna Maria

4. Overlooking the River at the end of our town’s main street.

Photo credit our Anna Maria

Not a portrait but I couldn’t resist sharing.

Trying to join in with Che and Fidel for months but each week I have ‘missing children’. Decided to take the plunge and share at least a few children each week, hoping to be more conscious of capturing each child.

Photography Question: How can I blur/eliminate the ‘unsightlies’ from photo backgrounds?

Linking up with Jennifer‘s challenge this week as well as Jodi

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Ruby

July 22, 2013 at 11:52 am Reply

Lovely pics of your children. (Don't blur the bikes. It's effective!)

Laura Pearl

July 22, 2013 at 3:50 pm Reply

Your children are gorgeous!

Vicky

July 23, 2013 at 12:53 am Reply

Hi Erin,

From an artist's perspective, I would probably crop a lot when this happens – eg. crop off legs or background to accentuate the contrast of the face or to centre the point of focus or to balance focused and blurred parts of the composition.

Using a low F-stop, pre-checking the background and getting in really close are some tips I'm learning. Also, increasing the contrast can lift the subject from the background.

Your children look beautiful!

God bless:-)