Juice, I will have a more independent teenager any time. Any younger and they are just plain exhausting. Bella ran me ragged when she was younger and I am just the Uncle... not the full-time parent. I spent Friday and Saturday evenings with her for a couple of years when she was younger to give my sister a break. Sometimes I do not know how my sister coped and she has 3 now.
Bindii, yes she is beautiful even in school holiday
mode. I think the "look" is created by her left eye which, as a result of this photo and others, ended in a trip to the eye doctor. A moment later she was laughing.
This image is a much better example of flash use (than that other image) and more typical of what I do... or try to do.
That extra light from the left was a bonus.
Cheers