Lydia

I hear it all the time: you must take a lot of pictures of your daughter. Truth is I don’t. With twelve portrait sessions this month I don’t have the time to. Now that is pathetic. So a change is in order… because she is the most amazing thing I have ever seen and because I l o v e photographing her! This is our backyard  “jumpy”  where she does things that take my breath away. No fear, high jumps, turns in mid air with grace and control that make me wonder is this normal? Tricky part was her not wanting me to have a camera in my hands while pretending to participate in this game of air ballet. ” No more pictures moma!”  she says with a tone that shows me I am really testing her patience. ” Come dance with me, com’on! ” I take a look at her little body flying around, her dandelion hair , her glowing face and put my camera down. I realize I take photographs of her all the time even when my camera is nowhere to be seen.