Just SMILE would ya!

You know, kids are darn cute but they tend to kinda do thier own thing sometimes and no matter what you do they just will NOT cooperate.
I got to shoot my first paid wedding gig on Saturday and it was such a blast! I just thought these kids were hilarious. The only pictures I was ever able to get of them smiling was when they didn't know I was taking pictures. I still think this was my favorite one though. I just love the look on the little boy's face. "Get me outta here!"
I know this is a bit out of the challenge period. I didn't realize I had till Sunday and when I got home Saturday I was WAY too pooped to post. So, this was officially taken as a "SMILE" challenge but it kinda fits as a "child" one too. I hope you can all understand. I would still LOVE your imput.

SOOC!!!! (Hooray)
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Small Smile

This is our neighbor Amough!  His family is from India and has been here 5 years now.  It is their festival of lights and so there are tons of lights around that makes me smile but he is a cute little boy as well though he himself doesnt smile a lot till you get to know him!

Experimented with flash trying to be far enough away to not wash out the subject.  Worked pretty well but the resolution isnt the quality I want.  Oh well practice makes perfect.  CC welcomed!

Smile: Still smiling

Recognizing that this is not a stellar picture, I still really like it, for a couple of reasons. If you look closely, you can see a pretty yucky scratch coming straight down from my daughter's right eye. I clocked her pretty badly yesterday morning. She had her finger stuck in something, and in my rush to help her free herself, I accidentally scratched her face with my ring. After that. she wanted Daddy to comfort her, not me. Yet later that afternoon, she was still smiling for me. She'd forgiven me. The other reason I like it is because after not taking hardly any pictures of her in the last two months, she still recognizes a camera, and still smiles for it. She poses and looks happy and makes me smile.

CC

Smile? Not Gonna Happen

In and of itself, this picture is unremarkable, I know. However, I'm proud of it because I always, ALWAYS have been taking my pictures on the same setting, in natural light with no flash. This one was on my ISO setting in a dark room, using flash and still turned out cute.

When you're....

smilin'..... The whole world smiles with yoooouuuuuuu...

Challenge: Smile

I must have not moved on from my oral stage or I have regressed. Let's see what you think of for SMILE. I think it is an interesting word. Easy submission to just send in any picture with a subject with a smile. Maybe you can be more adventurous and take a picture of some object(s) that form a smile, much like that commercial you can see on tv.

If you dont like the word just grin and bare it! :o) Lets post these pictures by Sunday October 18th by 11:59PM PST.

*another great word chosen by Melinda - Thanks!!!