Crop Corner

It truly caught me off guard, and in a moment of madness, I said OK. That's what happened when my niece asked me to photograph her daughter, Kori, for her first birthday. I immediately questioned my response and went into a panic. Me, photograph a child?! I hadn't been photographing for very long in the first place, and my subjects had been mostly flowers. Had I ever even pointed my camera at a person? What was I thinking?!! What was my niece thinking?!! How come everyone thinks that because your camera is more expensive than theirs, that you can take great pictures of absolutely anything?!! Never mind the fact that I had actually started referring to myself as a photographer. Wait a minute . . . I had to settle down. I told her I'd do it, so I'd better start figuring out how I was going to do it.