Kim, here are a few quick tips on how to photograph the boy if you want to try painting that pose again.
1. No flash.
2. Don't use a wide angle lens (or wide angle setting on a variable-length lens). This means that if you're using a camera that can zoom, don't use the farthest-zoomed-out setting. That will distort the features dramatically. Zoom in at least a couple of steps. If you have a camera with a detachable lens, use a 50mm lens. You may need to get on a chair above the subject to get the right distance away for this to work properly.
3. Set up the subject so that the light source (window, daylight, whatever) is off to the side enough that you can see the roundness in the forms. Don't have the light directly behind you.
Hope this gives you a place to start.
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