"YOU!"

Hehehe great pic :)

Fantastic portrait! Best I have seen today.

David, your shots of your children are always amazing, and they are among the strongest of your photographic abilities. You at once capture the magic of childhood with the beauty and artform of photography - something many child photographers miss; they capture one or the other, but seldom both. Long may you capture your childrens' lives. On another note, that two days in a row I have landed first comment - what's going on???

Brilliant shot!

The look on her face makes me think shes telling me off...but I didn't do anything wrong...honest

Great shot, great PP

Fantastic :-)

cute kid and i love the look and the attitude...right in line with mine!

nicely shot.

Excellent. great tones, and a wonderful expression and gesture from your daughter. I don't think the eyes are overdone at all. They do stand out beautifully.

Another shot which is very high in my private ranking :)

Great shot, your best in ages. The eyes are amazing and I love the sharp hand and soft everything else.

Haha, that's great. She means business!

i don't think the eyes are overdone, they're actually my favorite part of the picture. so much power in those eyes, i feel like i did something wrong. EXCELLENT picture man!

and again a GREAT shot! I really love the pics of your kids! They are so damn good everytime, really amazing how you do that each time!.

great expression (dad, stop taking my photo!) but I would have preferred the finger tip to be in focus, this for me is the obvious focal point of the image (other than the eyes of course)

I love the expression in her face. The eyes, her right eyebrow and the mouth together with her little finger. Beautiful image.

Lovely. Can I request that you do "high-key portraits" as one of the early tutorials, please? It's something I simply have no idea how to do (without blowing out all the detail).

Definitely Chromasia style. This is the kind of thing I dont think I will tire of seeing here. Perfect processing and that of cause goes hand in hand with the excellent original capture.

looks like 3D photos, really great !
I love her mouth !

Looks like someones in trouble. This i sa beautiful image - more like the stuff that made me start blogging in the first place. Excellent ligth and focus

I love this. It's amazing.

One point though - I agree with Libby - the pupils seem too dark for the rest of the photo... but it remains one of my definite favourites!

Beautiful Image expression and lighting. I love the cleaness of the shot

Terrific photo David. As soon as I saw it, I immediately knew that it was a special photograph. I like her face almost fills the entire photo with the focus on her hand. Definitely a favorite photo. :)

i so agree with kevin. i've been visiting your site everyday for more than a year now and the pictures of your children have always been my favourites.

freakin' awesome shot!

David I guess you better do what Rowan wants you to do, she looks very authorotative and firm to me.

That expression really is a classic for kids at that age. :)

Did you intend for this to be high-key when you shot it? I guess I'm asking how much manipulation went into this in post-processing, a lot or a little, in terms of the exposure?

She is absoutely adorable! All of your children take the most gorgeous photos.

beautiful shot! ... the focus on her tiny hand and the expression on her face...the tone.. and of course, the eyes. very nice..

"I'm in charge!", eh? Great portrait and wonderful in b/w

this is wonderfully photographed. Masterful.

'i want you for president'. cute image i like it very much. :)

The focus is perfect...
And her eyes are so strong !!!!
The contrast beetween the softness of her face and the roughness of her eyes is incredible !

nice !!!

superb.

i try to make shots and postprocessing like yours, but i fail everytime :(
just dunno how you got this "heavenly black and white feeling" (i mean... a right balanced tone, and a good contrast...)
any help? any tips?

anyway, i love your pictures :)

wow :)

Thanks everyone.

Kevin: you'll need to type a bit faster tomorrow ;-)

nev: it might have worked better had her finger tip been in focus but this was a bit of a grab shot so I had to trust the autofocus.

Jamey: yep, I've added it to the list.

Judith: I suspected that this would end up as a black and white shot but wasn't sure about whether it would be high-key. As for the amount of post-processing: there wasn't a great deal. A black and white conversion with the Channel Mixer, the removal of some distractions from the background, and an overall adjustment for contrast.

jp: email me and let me know what problems you're having.

She actually intimidates me, excellent.

The image in the comment window is in focus but the main image is slightly blurred - I like the focused shot more than the blurred.

cute shot. love the monochrome.

btw, chromasia is extremely slow when loading now.

She's very adept at dealing with paparazzi already. :) Oh have i mentioned that you're VERY good with high-key portraits?

YOU...!

i would love to see the original shot, before the post. Majority of your children shots are very white. I am curious of your process with these specifically.

Hi there, I must say your photos are really cool. Not just this one. They really communicate, they do tell the story. Bela Kozma

I just cant stop admiring this one. Masterpiece!

I love love love this photo. I'm a young artist and used it as a reference photo for a drawing. Check it out: http://godzgirl316.deviantart.com/art/Baby-Aisling-360622236 Thanks for taking such an awesome pic!