Some of you may recognize Jess from my senior portraits gallery. Almost 4 years have passed since then! I was a little shocked when she got in touch to schedule a bikini shoot in the middle of January- Brrr! She had no choice but to get her portfolio together in the winter. Luckily, we ended up with a high of 56 on the day we chose to shoot. She is such a natural in front of the camera; it was a joy to work with her again!
I’m normally very cautious of shooting on wide open apertures because the depth of field is so shallow. I like both eyes to be sharp and in-focus at all times. To me, the eyes are the most important part of the picture! If the eyes are fuzzy or the background is severely overexposed, I am not a happy camper! I often shoot dark receptions below F2, but I only shoot about 10% of my portrait sessions wide open. This one was taken at F2.2…that is about as low as I will go for portraits. I’m really happy with the way it turned out!
