When I am photographing children, I'm never sure what to expect.

Some kids can be

shy,

grumpy,

hyper...

They might give the above and beyond effort

and says "cheeeeeese" for every photo -

distorting their lovely faces into an almost pained expression.

With Halle, it was no different - I wasn't sure what I was going to get during her session with her family.

Her mom had texted me her worries about the photos earlier that day - specifically about the smiling that looks unnatural.

I hadn't seen Halle for a while and was a little nervous that she wouldn't recognize me - maybe making her a little shy around me.

Much to my surprise, while we were walking around finding the next place to stop and shoot - she said to me, "how about you take

a picture of me over here...and what if I do this?"  I loved it!  She was all about it.  Then we got to the smiling part and she started

giving the not-so-genuine smiles.  I decided I was going to remedy this right away, especially since she was so eager and willing to

have the camera in her face.

So, we decided to do crazy faces first.

I loved it because not only did it make her laugh - and I got genuine smiles out of those laughs, but it made me laugh too.

I was so glad she could be so comfortable with me.  I could have taken pictures of her all day.  And this is some of the loveliness I

was able to capture in between the funny faces.

And I am so very happy she was able to be so comfortable with me.

That is one awesome kid!

 

 

 

{Fort Wayne Photographer, Photographing Children}