European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazines a photo by Gus Schuettler photographer Dave Bosmh evokes a smile from to year old Quentin Jones As his mom Deborah watches. Candid cameraman by John Windrow staff writer Atoya Boyo had on the prettiest Litlo Pink and White dress any 3-year-old Ever  had her hair done up with ribbons her shiny Hills Black shoes on. Her White stockings. Sugar and spice so cute so Sweet and so determined not to smile for Dave Bouskill or to even look at his camera. Bouskill pulled All the tricks out of his bag one after another like Silken scarves from a magician s sleeve can you say Turkey toes"7" he asked her Latoya decided she could not say Turkey toes can you say i she could not. Bouskill made animal noises that were wildly amusing he waved he made faces Latoya s parents. Gary and Lucille Boyd. Tried scolding tried Olle s of wonderful things immediately after the session tried Blandishments and admonishments. Bous Kisi waved a tiny Pink Bunny Rabbit he made More animal noises truly hilarious animal noises. Latoya put her Chin As Lai Down on her Chest As physically possible and scowled a dark forbid dog scowl. Not the kind of face the looks Bach in 51. Louis want to see when they open up the package of photos irom the kids in Germany. Finally Bouskill played his Ace in the Hole he tossed the Pink Bunny Rabbit Al Latoya. No soap. Gary and Lucille had a handsome portrait taken of themselves while a Friend held Latoya a Hundred years irom now no one will know what she looked like on that sunny afternoon Al the Idle hour theater Al the Abrams Complex in Frankfurt. Lucille who is stationed with the army at Mcnair Cavern said it had gone belter last time when Latoya had her picture taken Solo. She did real Good by herself Lucille said. She posed and  Bouskill works Lor Foto Raabe. Located in Gelsenkirchen the German firm is one of the cafes concessionaires Hal take family photos on base usually kiddie photos Bouskill. 48, says taking the pictures of Trie very Young is special. You do an awful lol of playing by car. Really and you have to be willing to make an idiot Oul of yourself and u s interesting to see the kid realize that s whal you Are. You see them look and say of my god. My mom and dad and everybody s gone weird this particular Field is not something just anybody can do. I be seen lots of people try in. And in a very Sho l Lime they Freak out Bouskill has nol. And is very proficient Al what he does. Ii the child is cooperative he said it la Only take me one or iwo minutes in that Lime i can take six or eight Good pictures " Bouskill Learned his Lade As a school photographer in California for More than �0 years he would walk into monday. August 10, 1987 a school Lull of kids to had never soon before and Lake everybody s picture everybody s the thought of taking goo picture s in a Day cml Iarj Moho said. Bui i Lound it was something i was adept Al so i stuck Wilh it it s always one of the biggest Days of the year Al every school the Day your Molher makes Suie you Wear a Nice shirt and have a decent haircut. So she ii have a Good photo to Send to aunt Francis in Forl Worth. One of thu Days when very few play hookey nobody wants to miss school photos Bouskill said he d even seen Iho Leach cars have everyone1 leave the room so a child Wilh a con lag Ous disease could come in and to photographed rather than be left out. Actually Bouskill said school photography is easy if you have the Lempera enl Tor it. You have to like people like kids. It s very Busy. You have to move swiftly. You have to establish a rapport in a Mailer of seconds. The average school kid gets his picture taken in 10 seconds. You have Lobo Able to Hustle pm through without making pm feel like  Bouskill said he managed it by carrying on a conversation Wilh the entire group Al once and Ihen entering on each child Asho or she Sal before the camera alter the first Low Hundred thousand he said you got so smooth Al it you Don t Sook Tike you re rushed " smooth is the Way Bouskill handles himself pulling clients Al ease dialling them up and snapping photos in rapid lire machine gun fashion. Despite his Many years As a school photographer Bouskill said he had a lot to learn when he started taking photos of smaller children. The largest Perce Lago of people you photograph he said Are very Young children 2 or 3-year-Olds. School kids Are used to situations where they re dealing Wilh strangers. Smaller kids Are  Bui not All of this clients Are kiddies. Jacquline Thomas showed up after Church All dressed up. Her husband James is stationed with the Aimy Al Camp Eschborn she d come Tust to have a recent picture of myself and to Send in Home Baltimore. I think it s Good really it s really Nice because you change so  adults naturally Don t require As much coaxing As babies but Bouskill works on Ihm. To ease any sell consciousness he tries to make them think of pleasant things. Say Money " Holl say.  they say and smile. The children Are harder. Some of them Bouskill said you can Hoar from the parking  some of the explanations people give amuse Bouskill. The child will be Grumpy and the parents with say that the child is hungry or it s Nap time. Sou skill smiles patiently and wonders Why the child is being brought in in he s nol fed or should be sleeping i be had families come in who be just had a Light i Ihrk whal parents Don t realize is. An adult can fake in put on a smile for a minute or two. Bui a child can t 1 one thing i be seen More of in recent years is hyperactive kids i suspect the kids have been bribed with Coke and Candy before and they bring them in higher than a Kite " but nol that sunday Al the Idle hour Deborah Jones from is Louis and her 1-year old son Quentin came in after Chuich she and her husband Thomas Are stationed with the Arm Al Camp King she said they would be sending photos Lour mothers " Deborah and Quenlin were Al ease Wilh the situation especially Yuenlin who seemed delighted to have his picture Laken As mama praised him and smiled on i he sidelines. Boos Kili waved a stuffed Loy and made his Primo Winnig animal noises Quenon eyes lit up and to smiled with every muscle in his round mile face while Bouskill snapped photos like mad. In was All Over in a Mailer of seconds. The stars and stripes Page 13