Kelsey and Elisa (Patreon)

I've always loved a fast lens to create a beautiful bokeh background. However I've learned just because you can doesn't mean you should and my mistake is apparent in this image.  This was shot with a Nikon 85mm f/1.4 with the lens wide open. So very little is super sharp except for one of Kelsey's eyes. Now when shooting with a fast lens to avoid focus fall off on important areas of an image I will either close down the lens a bit or in this case I could have made sure that both Kelsey and Elisa positioned their heads the same distance from the camera. But on a shoot like this no one wants to take the time to pose models that exactly since that would sort of kill the motion of the shoot as it progresses. So now I just close the lens down a bit. And in this shot I would have needed to increase the ISO or add a little fill flash.