Ainge Children

I mentioned a few posts ago that I would pick some of my favorite individual photos from each of the slideshows I posted and present them here. Next up are some photos I took of my niece last summer when I visited Las Vegas with my wife. These were just some typical family photos, but I took a few that I really enjoy. In fact, there are two shots here that are a couple of my all-time favorite pictures. It doesn’t hurt that my niece Madison is uber-photogenic.

This is one of my all-time favorite photos. I can't fully explain why. But here she is peering from behind a couch. You can really only see the left eye. The rest of her head is obscured. It's her at her most innocent. She loves having her photo taken, but at this moment, being photographed wasn't something she really wanted to do.

Here's Madison kicking at some palette's outside the new house here parents were building. She didn't really want to be there. It was hot, and she was tired. And I think that comes through in this photo. It's my other all-time favorite.

This is similar to the other photo, but she's more squared up. I know angling the camera like I did is a bit gimmicky, but I think it works here.

Madison was brushing my wife's hair here, and I just turned the camera upward and shot. It's a nice shot to me because of the dark lighting. I know it would be more effective if she were standing through a bright blue sky. But this one touches me anyway.