I wanted to do a photo shoot with Alyssa for her birthday last month, and finally made it happen. Alyssa is many things – a funny, stubborn, sass-bucket, athletic, super-smart, great big sister – but one thing she does not particularly care about is posing for a camera. Still, I managed to convince<\/s> bribe her to sit for me, and paid Natalie to wrangle her and do her hair, but it was worth it. She wouldn’t stop talking and making me laugh through the whole thing, which of course made it more fun. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As with Ellie, I used the 100mm F\/2.8 again, and this time switched up the backdrop to contrast with her dark hair and blouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s to Alyssa’s eleventh birthday – have a fabulous year, my dear!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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