Grab what's around and shoot.

[Garry Lee]

Poppy my eldest granddaughter is really beautiful but is so fidgety that she's next to impossible to shoot, or to get her to agree to pose.

She agreed a few days ago. Grabbed one of my cameras with a 28-135 Canon attached.
By the time I'd change a lens she might have changed her mind, so I just shot a few quick handheld shots indoors with window light.

The lens doesn't really matter if you have the subject!


Poppy 2 by gearoidmuar, on Flickr

 

[adrian jordin]

The lens doesn't really matter if you have the subject!

...and what a subject! A lovely portrait...take a few more like this and she might come to appreciate sitting still for 5 mins...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Wow. She is very beautiful, and you caught her beautifully.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Lovely eye contact with catchlights, really adds life to the image - very nice.

Have you thought about cropping a little off the top just to loose some of the space and tighten it up?

Would make a great toned B&W I think

 

[Brian Moore]

Lovely shot, Garry. The light is very even. Is it from a window?

 

[Pete Askew]

What a lovely portrait Garry. A perfectly caught expression and great lighting. I might be tempted to crop a bit of the space above though to bring the eyes a bit higher up in the frame.

 

[Garry Lee]

Lovely shot, Garry. The light is very even. Is it from a window?

It is indeed. I love using a window, at various angles of light, with or without a reflector.

 

[Garry Lee]

What a lovely portrait Garry. A perfectly caught expression and great lighting. I might be tempted to crop a bit of the space above though to bring the eyes a bit higher up in the frame.

I agree Pete. I'm going to frame this and I usually crop such a photo.

 

[Hamish Gill]

This is a really nice shot Gary, love the expression!
how she has her hand and her hair being a bit all over the show adds to the captured personality very nicely!
Very natural shot indeed...

 

[Lesley Jones]

She is beautiful and so is the photograph. I love the eye contact, the soft pastel colours and that lovely golden light