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I met a couple of friends for coffee and found this young lady, Valentina, happily painting her face and hair with the cream cheese from her bagel. She was quite willing to let me take a photo of her and even hammed it up a bit. Later on I was able to get the image below of her with her father and brother, Florian, as the three of them read a book together.
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10 Comments
Earl
Monte, in these images, were these people you already knew? If not I hope you got their name and email address cause I know they’d love a copy of these wonderful portraits. Nice work! Have a good weekend!
Monte Stevens
No, I did not know them but did spend some time talking to them. They moved here from Hawaii, which is quite a change. I did tell them I may use one of the images for my blog and gave them a business card.
Sharon Van Lieu
What a great model she is!! The camera sure likes her – charming shots, Monte.
Sharon
Monte Stevens
Thanks, Sharon! She is a doll.
Steve Skinner
Nice capture of a great face!
Monte Stevens
Thanks, Steve! She was so comfortable in front of the camera.
Alan M. Collopy
Monte,
Love these two photos. Kids acting like kids, and “kids connect with Dad for reading”. They are adorable.
Great candids.
Alan
Mark
These are my children, too!
Jens
Aloha Monte!
What fun photos. Thank you for capturing what I wasn’t able to see since I was involved. You are a very gifted photographer, so keep up the joy and passion. I will see you soon somewhere, somehow, sometime. Aloha! Jens and family
Monte Stevens
Yes, it was fun watching you guys and yes maybe we will have the chance to meet again.