"Hotspots" Are Not So Hot!
Since your eye goes to the brightest area of a photo, it is important to not let anything be brighter than your subject. Here is an example to help illustrate this point. This cute little subject was in front of a pond and the reflection from the sky was very bright… so in the first image your eye goes to that bright spot in the lower left corner (as well as the blown out area of her hair) rather than to her face. To help in this situation I moved to my left thus moving that bright spot out of the background. I do know that when working with children you have to work quickly and there are times when the mood and expression is right and you grab the shot before you have a chance to fully assess the background. Yes, it is possible to fix the first photo in Photoshop, but if you can learn to look for these “hotspots” in your camera as you are composing the picture it will save a LOT of post-production time when working on the images.
Bright areas in image distracts from the subject:
Moving a bit to the left helped move the hotspot out of the picture to improve the photo:
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