For Clay's 3 year photo shoot, I was expecting, a lot of "no picture me" with his hands in front
of his face. I had pre-planned to take him out several different times in order to get just a few good shots.
Much to my surprise, he was extremely cooperative and we only needed to go out one time.
It may have helped that we brought along a few of his "best friends" to take pictures with as well. I also let him run the show, he told me where he wanted to sit and how his "friends" needed to be positioned, and I just gave my suggestions. I even let him take a few pics of his "friends".