Photographing children with their animals reflects who they are and not what the world would like them to be.  Have you ever just taken time to get on their level to see from their perspective? The world holds so many things and I think as adult we loose that sense of what it is like to be a child.  I love taking time out of my day to get down out of my adult status and see the world from a child's eye.  I find peace and beauty that otherwise might go unseen.  The following photographs were taken in one such time.  My son loves his turtle "Spiker," who for the most part lives in his tank in my son's room.  Now that it is warm out, my son has been taking Spiker outside to roam in the grass and get some real sun instead of being in artificial light.  We finally cleaned our small pond of some of the overgrown plants so now Spiker is getting a daily swim in the pond besides the walks in the grass.  I just love watching my son experience all the wonder and love that Spiker gives him, so I decided to capture this, but in order to do this I had to get to their level. Laying in the grass was my option to capture this memory that my son will have for the rest of his life.  I just loved seeing what my son sees daily, it makes the adult pressures of life seem to disappear as I immerse myself in my child's view of the world.  I now know why he loves Spiker so much.  It seemed like Spiker just loved being on the "Photo shoot" as my son put it.  I hope that you enjoy these photographs and that you will take the time to photograph children with their animals.