Today we had a playdate at a friend's home, and I brought my camera along to snap a few images of the kids playing. My friend Nazish brought her little boy Zayn, and it was sweet to see how easy it was for her to make her son smile. This is part of the joy in photographing children for me. Especially babies. You don't need an expensive and fancy backdrop, you don't need lots of toys... all you really need is their mom, and their eyes light up with joy at the sounds of their voices. The comfort a mother provides to a whimpering baby, or a child that just fell down, is astonishing. When I look at a child's photo as I edit it, I remember not only the moment at which they laughed; but the mother who brought the giggles out as she does ANYTHING to make her angel giggle.

Nazish likes to use a trick where she sings happy birthday to Zayn as he claps his hands in glee, and it took no time at all to capture his euphoria. May he smile at his mother like this forever <3

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