The observer effect, in practice

One challenge with child photography is that babies are irresistably attracted to cameras of all kinds, meaning that you have a good chance of wrecking whatever cuteness you are trying to capture. A sample sequence below...


That looks fun -- let me have it!!


Pleeeeeeeeeeze...?


Your denial shall be punished!! rrrAAAAARRRRRRrrrrrr!!

(Actually, these are better than my usual yield, which involves hugely oversized heads with looks of great concentration or faked joy... [like this] whee.)