She grimaces, groans and slowly shakes her head back and forth. Nooooooo. “Sorry. I just don’t take good pictures,” she says. “You won’t be taking them. I will.”  I joke.  “Besides, you know the autumn leaves are SO your colors,” I remind her cheerfully. Bingo. She

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It was high noon, full sun; no shade. I was walking around the lake with my Canon 5D Mark ii slung over my shoulder and saw this beautiful little girl playing lakeside with her family. Her joyful, sweet personality was so magnetic I found myself

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