I had the opportunity on Saturday to join my friend Nykie on a shoot that she had organised with a friend of hers the lovely Kiri and her beautiful 3yr old daughter Zoe. I wont go into too much detail, but I will say this, Zoe is an amazing little girl who is going through something no little girl should ever have to go through. As a mum its something I fear, truly fear and hope my own little blossoms never have to face. Zoe you are as Nykie said "a true super star".
When it comes to photographing people you have to be willing to accept that not everything is always going to go as planned. Planning of course is a high priority when it comes to producing results. However there are always goign to be variables, how you deal with those variables will come down to the attitude and experiance of the photographer. There are also ages and stages that are just plain going to be difficult, and coming up with ways and ideas to meet those speed bumps Is going to be one thing that we all learn along the path.
Nykie, it was a pleasure to work with you. Thanks for having me along.