A LITTLE BIT OF DEE-JAY

So excited about this new lens I got. I had to take it out for a test shoot with my sister. Here's just a few shots from today. We had fun. I really need help with knowing how to get my subject out of their own head. I mean especially my siblings they seem to have such a hard time not feeling awkward in front of the camera.
I was reading some pointers the other day and I tried using them on DeeJay. One of which was to ask her questions get her talking about things that make her happy. It didn't work very well because I think I should have been the one talking not her as I got some funny shots of her face mid-sentence.