I took this photo on a recent trip to Boston, where I went to college. A few weeks before I started my freshman year, I bought a Rebel XS (1000D) and would regularly shoot events on campus for my schools paper and in the city on weekends. This photograph was shot on the aforementioned Rebel with my EF 50 f/1.4. I've since upgraded because, despite being a great beginner camera, it is highly limited in terms of low light performance (only goes to ISO 1600!) and is missing a lot of features that I had to creatively work around. Despite typically struggling in high contrast situations this photo required little post processing, I only added a few masks to darken the background and cropped in slightly.
Taken at 50mm, ISO 800, F/8, 1/2000 sec.