So, I’m not around children that much.  My cousins are all grown, and I’m just starting to enter the age where my friends are having babies – the ones that do have little ones live far away.  Therefore my most frequent interaction with children comes from riding public transportation, and let’s be honest, those kids are usually not the most well-behaved, and when you shove them in a small train or bus with lots of people…it can get ugly.

So when I was asked to do a child shoot I was initially a little nervous…after-all kids don’t take direction like my well-behaved adult clients.  Turns out I had nothing to worry about.  Jomei is the absolutely darling 9-year-old daughter of a co-worker of my mother’s.  Jomei and her Mom Kristen have such a wonderful relationship and that really shone through during our shoot.  We had so much fun running around in the Boston Public Garden; Jomei climbed pretty much every tree in the park, and spent the rest of the time evenly split between chasing squirrels and jumping in leaves.

I really can’t think of a better way to spend an autumn afternoon in Boston….

Cartwheels!! I won’t divulge the secret behind getting this shot…but suffice to say there was some luck involved

Lots of tree climbing!This girl knows how to make a serious leaf pile!Gathering nuts to give to the squirrels!

I think I did alright when at the end of shoot Jomei didn’t want me to leave and asked when we could play together again…after how much fun we had, I’ll play again anytime!