Age

Have you ever met someone that just gets more and more interesting with age?

I met Isabella when she was just a few weeks old.  Her hair was red then and I knew that she was going to be this FAB kid that was into anything.  I love that we have this relationship...that she knows who I am and she knows what I do but, lady, you're gonna have to work for it.

Isabella's mom is one cool cat. She is so in tune with how a session needs to go; she hangs back and lets it unfold.  I am happy she is not a stresser (and if she is, she is super good at hiding it because I would never know during a session).

Several times during the session I had to go to the bribes that Mom had brought, which I might add were mighty tasty!  The reason for the bribe? Well, there is just to much to look at in this wide world and I could feel that she had places to go and people to see. All I wanted was a few minutes of her time, so I layed my reflector on the ground: one, to give her spot to concentrate on and two, to get some light back up under her face. It was kinda gloomy yesterday.  We sat down in front of that old, white, HUGE tree at the botanical gardens and went to town talking about candy - how I was gonna eat it and how she was gonna get it.  I loved that her boyfriend is her Mommy and that she is a big girl and all this came out as she pined for the candy:)

But she stopped to think for one minute and BAM! I love this image.

I hope everyone stayed safe yesterday and had a candy-filled day...