This is a key point in her life, so a new portrait was created to capture this moment in time.
She has lost her two front teeth and so I got her to tell a fairy story from the book to one of her favorite dolls capturing her in a natural way and not with a forced cheesy grin.
She is even dressed as a cat complete with ears!
This image tells the story about a small era in her life - something that a sterile image on a white background cannot do. Pictures like this are always treasured long into the future.
Although the image may look natural (if you can call a toothless cat reading a book natural), but its been completely manufactured to create the scene.
There are actually three flash guns used to get the lighting that I wanted, to make the scene come to life.
This is one of my "true life portraits".