<span class="drop_cap">W</span>ow, I have to say, as soon as I opened this session up, I was giddy with excitement. I just knew what was coming and couldn't wait. I absolutely loved this session, both at the moment, through post-processing, and now. It was especially fun to be greeted with such a warm welcome by this outgoing, talkative preschooler who was just excited to go play with me on the playground. He is <em>such</em> a fun kid (as I hope you can tell from these images), and I totally fell in love with him. He couldn't understand why no one else was at the park at 8:30 in the morning, which I thought was so cute, and I even got a special invite to keep playing with him back at his home after the session was over!

Also, you may recognize <a href="http://shannonhuntphotography.com/2009/09/rylander/">his little brother</a> from one of my very first shoots! 

It was really painful trying to narrow my images down to a reasonable amount from this session so today's preview is going to be especially large. Every time I would rule some out, I'd go back and add them back in. Enjoy!

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Look at that stud on the left. What a pose!

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Both of these images (above) make me smile every time I see them. I just adore his expression on the left, and I love how his feet and legs managed to sneak into the photo on the right. So cute!

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The image on the left (above) is one of my absolute favorites. Many of my images have a candid feel to them, but my favorite shots are usually the ones that truly are completely candid, where the subject has no awareness whatsoever of being photographed. This one, especially, I loved because it has such a child-like curiosity to it, especially when paired with the one next to it.

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There's another one (on the left, above) that was completely candid and that I completely fell in love with the instant I saw it. Such a sweet moment.

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