“Smile,” is actually my least favorite word. This slip of the tongue is photo-death to a shoot. It instantly wipes away all real emotion like a shake of an Etch A Sketch. What’s real is beautiful! Talita, a good friend of mine, has always allowed me the artistic freedom to capture her girls in their authentic light (even through sessions with breakdowns and tears). I hope these girls will someday look back at their childhood images and be reminded of who they were and not just what they looked like during this stage in their lives.
