The other day I was asked to do some portraits of the daughter of a friend of mine.  The daughter is turning 13 this weekend, and her parents wanted some pictures to document this transition to teenager-dom.  We did the usual smiley-faced, standard pose shots, but I also wanted to try and capture a bit of that hands-on-hips teen attitude, the kind that you probably remember giving to your parents or getting from your kids.  That crossed-arm defiant look.  You know the one.

But I also wanted to show her as a young woman, thinking about all of the hopes dreams that she has for her future, and the pain and suffering that the teenage years will inevitably bring.