I first met Samantha when she was about 6 years old.  We went to the same church, and back in the beginning of my business ( 13 years ago ) I would often ask family and friends if I could photograph them to build my portfolio.  Samantha’s mom was more than willing to let me photograph her children, I wish I could find the images now, but, that would take some looking as I think they are buried on my back up hard drives.

Tons of fun with Samantha, who about half way through the shoot I affectionately referred to as “Blinky” for the amount of times she blinked her eyes closed during the shoot.