Continuing the theme of pictures from months ago, and also an appropriate picture on Thanksgiving of things I’m thankful for. This is a picture of one of my nieces from this summer.

I didn’t compose the shot as I normally would have, she was moving towards me pretty quickly. I also ended up with a slow shutter speed — too slow to freeze the motion of a child learning to walk.

But it turned into one of my favorite pictures of her, because I didn’t freeze her motion or position her better in the frame. Instead of being technically perfect, it let her joy and energy shine through.