Mother May I

     I love this portrait of my mom, which I took early spring semester. I had a lot of fun taking pictures of her because neither of us could stop laughing the whole time. I was practicing posing and lighting techniques, and she could not take it seriously. I kept explaining the idea of "turtling," in which the chin comes forward and down to reduce any double chin action. I also made a habit of asking "May I touch you?" before moving her hair or fixing her shirt. She thought it was ridiculous since she was my own mother, but I felt that it was a good habit to start. It was a good bonding moment for us.