These are images from the yearly session with our nephew and nieces (they all have birthday’s between April and June, so we usually update their pictures all at once). We met downtown Holland fairly early in the morning to catch some of that soft morning light as well as good moods from the kids. We took a short walk posing here and there and then ended at the splash pad for some wet action shots. Knowing your subjects well can be an advantage or a disadvantage–some kids behave more politely when they’re a little bit shy. During this session, however, I think our relationship with the kids was to our huge advantage as we were able ask about their interests, make them laugh and document a slew of imaginary scenario’s we were familiar with. For example, my neice Reina (4) took a photo with her imaginary horse, Adora. I love the expression on her face as she imagines that she is posing mounted on a beautiful horse. Braden (6) had multiple victorious expressions (by far the best smiles of the morning) as I asked him to show me what it looks like to….”win a light saber fight”….or “beat angry birds”. Peyton (2) just kept smirking right into the camera.