Love at the First Sight

Ema visited us today, wishing my favorite mother in law a good trip back to Serbia.
When she saw Tina's great Teddy Bear, and started playing with it, I couldn't resist and had to setup an impromptu photo session. One of my soft boxes was strong enough for this occasion, while I stayed away on my bike so I won't interfere with the 'action'. When photographing kids, one of the most important things to watch for, is not to be more interesting than whatever they are playing with at a moment.
Let the kid play. Focus on a game and honest, expressive feelings are the best subjects. Much better than friends and family trying to get kids attention to the camera. Usually those attempts either put their hands between camera and a kid while they are snapping their fingers, or kid notices a camera and stops doing adorable thing that got you to take the picture in the first place.

Here, the love toward a big bear is more visible than either child or a bear.
Every once in a while, a picture is really worth 1000 words. Thank you Ema!