Frustrating iPhone 5 camera prioritizes focus on background rather than people!

When taking close shots of people 2-3 feet away, the iphone 5 camera app prioritizes the background focus.
Is there some way to make it to focus on the foreground instead???

I do not know of any setting thta will do that.  Have you tried restarting the phone?
Restart iPhone: Hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the home button together until the apple logo appears (ignore the ON/OFF slider) then let both buttons go and wait for phone to restart.

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