Perhaps one of the things that I love about photographing families, namely young families, is the same thing that I suppose drives some nuts; the fact that you cannot direct a 15 month old child. I try to help the parents build realistic expectations in terms of what they can expect from a shoot of this nature. Surely, things are never going to go alongside any sort of plan. And that’s just what I love. I love that children get to have such a role in what is shot and how it’s shot and when true defeat sets in and everyone relaxes, magic is always made. It’s hard to see, I think, as a parent when you’re in the moment and trying to constantly rein your little one in. But it’s always my hope that when I return the images to my clients that they remember my words and that they realize having any sort of expectation was ridiculous because magic moments are embedded even in the worst chaos.