All Smiles (part 2)

The Boy also managed to prove quite convincingly that you don’t need to smile-to-camera to engage with your viewer.

He did a lot of his ‘Strong Man’ act including ‘Hulk Smash’ (which is where we lost the shirt) but in the midst of all that playing he was utterly himself.

Oh to live in his world…

Six Go Wild in Currabinny Woods

Clearly I’m not a believer in the old motto ‘never work with kids’.

Why would you not work with them when there’s so much fun to be had.

The thing about photographing kids of any age is to realise that they generally won’t do what you want – they’ll do what they want.  Which is only a problem if you want them to ‘sit still and smile’.

But if you want them to go out and be themselves, doing what they want is all you can wish for.

You just have to be able to capture it in all a photograph!