Exercise: Manual Focus

Practicing manual focus. Tried focusing on her left eye.
Canon 24-70mm @70mm 2.8
Lighting info: Sun as backrim light. Face lit by reflection from the house's siding lifting shadows.

Exercise: Composition

I asked my wife and daughter if this image did anything for them. My wife looked at it for 4 seconds and said "No. It's just a wall." My daughter took a little more time to look at it ( a good 10 seconds ) and said "You know what would be interesting ? Is if it was a brick wall with graffiti and a man coming around from the left side. All set in New York City". Hmmm... I guess I just saw it differently.

I saw a composition based on juxtapositions. I see the big brownish square on the right side and a narrow bluish rectangle on the left. I see the thermostat dial as a dot on the upper right hand side of the total rectangular frame with negative space. It also contrasts the rectangular frame of the three light switches. Then I come back to see both of them framed within the brownish square wall butted to a cold bluish rectangular space. Contained in this bluish rectangle are more elements such as part of another door and a smaller switch plate toward the bottom. Lines everywhere.

Does it do anything for you ?