This is a portrait of Griffin for the summer of 2009. He is a lover of life and everything and everything that lurks around the corner. For him there is always something to be discovered, explored, climbed, pet, tested, and tasted. For a few unfortunate dogs and cats in our neighborhood, it has sometimes been all of the above, all at once. (Sorry again, Sultan and Pi!)
Since he started to walk, this is how I see Griffin- setting off on some new mission, fearless.

I was asked recently by a friend how I manage to capture photos of my kids when they are all over the place. I have had clients call me, worried, because their kids are so active- they never get good pictures of them. How will I? First, I have to assure you, kids are almost always better for the playful stranger with the big cameras than they are for their parents. Especially when we give them time durring a session to be themselves. My kids don’t sit still for the camera either.
For me, some of my favorite pictures of Griffin are those when he is most himself. Although I have many photos of his face lit up, his exuberant laughter and his wild antics, this is the one that I think will remind me most of him this season, setting off toward the light that illuminates a new adventure that lays just beyond the last. NOTHING- not his shadow, his soaking pants from the muddy puddle he just exited, his cautious sister or his parents can slow him down.

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