Olivier climbing trees at Kew Gardens.
I will break fairness rules as this picture deserves a post of its own. Anyway, as Chiara reminds us regularly, life is unfair as Olivier as three persons to read him stories while she only has two – and there is nothing we can do about it (if you were wondering how hard life was on her …)
So this picture is special – it is rare enough to capture a natural smile in action with a perfect light and a good camera at hand. We are bringing our heavy lenses less and less so getting some results when we do is a relief, the stars aligned for this moment.
Obviously even more important is the action itself, seeing Olivier taking some risk and exploring on his own (we were far, it’s taken at 160mm and cropped) is great. It has not really been in his character so far and seeing him enjoying himself in this challenge is new and refreshing. Final reason is his hair – the more I look at it the more I realize how well deserved was the hair cut he got few days after this !
He will probably remember this day for the scratches on his belly when he fell down, we will remember it with this picture.