hauptman p-session

faun, bill, and little gage hired us last year for a family portrait and loved it so much they hired us again this year. family portrait sessions (p-sessions) with a 2.5 year-old ain't easy. after we snapped their 'money shot' for their buisness/family christmas card....
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... we did a little fresh. modern. fun. with gage. he's not a model yet, but we'll give him a year or so and those agents WILL be calling!
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we get gage's undivided attention for about .25 seconds, until this usually happens:
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as our session winded down, we had a bit more creative license to experiment with strong backlighting sans flash.
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then comes the funny part. moments before wrapping things up, gage spotted a cute girl in the window of a jewelry store. she is three. gage was aloof at first.
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... then gradually warmed up to the idea that flirting is OK.
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