my manual settings

Lunch with grandma and grandpa as they try to keep a little social distance from us. ;) 

Try changing your focus point. It totally changes the image and where your eye is drawn. Same image, different focus point.

Find a way to naturally frame your subjects. This time, I played around with framing my husband and son with the ladder ball set

Sometimes, open your lens up as wide as possible (smallest aperture number f1.4 or in this case I was at f1.8) and play with it