Daddy is 40 – portrait shoot

A couple of weeks ago, my partner and father of the Bee, Chris, turned 40.  As you might expect, I got my camera out and initiated an impromptu portrait shoot with the birthday boy.  In the past, I have found it eternally frustrating that I have never *really* managed to capture what I see as his beauty in my portraits of him – the minute my camera emerges, it seems that he is ready and waiting with his special photo-only expression – a mixture of shyness, forced smile and I don’t know what!  

But on his 40th, I finally got him and the result is below :)