One of the reasons I like photographing children so much is the process of interaction and the challenge of getting them to open up to you. I love that even the shyest kids can go from 0 to 60, revealing all the ins and outs of their personalities, in only about an hour's time. (Provided I act like a complete fool around them, that is.)
I was thankful that the happy monk had a meeting at the orphanage on Friday so he took me with him and let me play with these kids all afternoon, and I was even more thankful that he stayed indoors. While I'm sure he would have cracked a smile at my ridiculous dances and funny faces - I suppose it is probably easier for him to take me seriously as a professional advisor without those images in his head of me acting like an overgrown kid.
Some kids are easy to read. Others aren't. That's okay, I probably identify with them more in some ways. This girl on the left won the most complex personality award, starting the afternoon by covering her face to avoid the camera, to happily dancing around and singing 30 minutes later, to finally throwing a rock at my foot by the end of the day....
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