I lost my pickle smile

Kids are so much smarter than we give them credit for. I love it when they show me that all my attempts to control a shoot are in vain. I thought we had it all figured out with this family. We had a few code words to guarantee smiles from this active three-year-old, including "pickles", "green boogers," and a few others. As we were getting to the end of the shoot, and energy was flagging, I tried to get one more smile by asking "Where's your pickle smile? I really like the pickle smile." The reply came with the most serious pout, "I lost it." Even without that last pickle smile, we had a great shoot, and got some fun pictures.