Famed photographer Elena Shumilova says consistency is the most important thing for photographing your kids.

I was just feeling desperate that day and didnt even want to bring my camera.

But something told me to bring it.

And on that fifteenth day, it all just came together.

This dog of ours is now famous but hes not all that photogenic from most angles.

Hes actually a pretty difficult dog to work with.

Its easy to get discouraged.

Its easy to think, Oh, why bother, it wont work anyway.

And it may not for the first 14 times.

Those 14 photo shoots werent failures though, because I learned from them.

And theyre what made the fifteenth one possible.

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