Focus

Laurin Wright
Photograph by Tom Atwood

In photography focusing is obviously important, but sometimes being in focus is overrated. Take this senior portrait of Laurin Wright, for instance. A beautiful photo and almost entirely out of focus. In fact, other than a few strands of Laurin's hair and her cowboy hat, nothing is in sharp focus. And that "blurriness" makes this a better picture. If everything had been in focus, the photo would appear flat and one dimensional. Instead it has a kind of depth and softness that only poor focus like mine could create.
Shutter: 1/125; Aperture: f/2.8; ISO: 100; Focal length: 35mm.