Xander Swanson | Portrait Artist

I recently drove up to Fayetteville to do some 8 month portraits for little man Jayce. I got there a little early and walked around Dickson street for awhile looking for some new places to shoot. I found a pretty awesome little area with a lot of vines and stone work and a even a little koi pond - all in the middle of a parking lot! I’d lived in Fayetteville for over 5 years and never even knew about the place though I had walked past it countless times. When Jayce and his mom showed up, he had just fallen asleep so he was a bit dazed. Cute, but hard to get a smile from. We eventually got some, but they took some work. After that, we went to a slightly more urban landscape and you can tell by the face he was making, he wasn’t as fond of the scenery…

and check out this face… like I said, I don’t think he liked my location choice