So my 4 year old son Joel is a bit of a firecracker right? Whenever I get the camera out, he runs a mile. Or else he teases me and stands there sweetly until I’m just about to click and then it becomes a game of running away just as I’m about to take a snap. *sigh*

So in my hopefullness and probably just a little bit of stupidness – I set up the backdrop in hopes of catching him. For twenty whole minutes - I got nada. What a cheeky little flea in a bottle.

I tried to get him to stay in a pose for me … and alas, much to my surprise - he layed in the position I had showed him and watched TV for 2 minutes. I took advatage and in those 2 minutes – I didn’t stop snapping. Out of about 20 photos, I had ONE of him looking at me and smiling, in a pose the way I wanted. OMG!

Here’s THE shot:

And here is a storyboard of what happened in between …

Will post other shots of my little ratbag from the same shoot, when I’m done processing them!

I tried ever so much to have a photo session with Ryan while Joel was away a few weeks ago. But he just wanted to play.

It started off well …

and ended pretty quickly!

I then packed up my camera and let him roam free. In a short time he found the piano and I had a brain wave. Out came the camera again …