This past week has been a doozy for Iowa meteorologists! We have been dodging rain drops all week and had to reschedule one shoot to next week (keep your fingers crossed!). You’ll remember Carson’s first half of his session in late May before the auditorium closed up for summer renovations. Carson’s Mom, Elaine, and I kept texting back and forth, eagle-eyeing the weather radar. And really, 15-20 minutes made all the difference on this particular morning.
Gutters were still churning out gallons of rain water from the roof of the Krause Building downtown and dripping from the edges, but we weren’t being rained on! It gave us a cloudy morning and you can even see some of the water sparkling as it falls from the roof or glistening on the grass, which made my photographer heart happy!
We paused in the middle of Carson’s shoot to do a mini family session, so the shade really helped his blue-eyed dad, Nick. To all the moms of soon-to-be-seniors: you won’t regret a few family photos at your Senior’s shoot! The shoot stayed all about Carson and we took maaaaybe 20 minutes to add in the other members of his family. Scheduling can get hairy in this stage of life, you’ve got one person’s outfits already figured out. This is probably the 3rd family who has taken advantage of the opportunity with me to do some family photos during their Senior’s session and they are all so thankful that they did! (See the previous blog post for their results!)
After the family photos were wrapped up, we headed back to Norwalk High School for a few last images documenting the athletic side of Carson’s high school career. We had a little bit of fun with the sun flare as it was making it’s way around the NPECC – strategizing at its finest, folks!
Carson – I still can’t believe that I’ve been your photographer your ENTIRE LIFE. We’ve come a loooong way from that little Christmas present box and you’ve gone along with all my crazy ideas since then. Your reserved nature, your ability to scale any obstacle I put in front of you, your academic acumen, and your insane work ethic (what high schooler do YOU know has fun a 50 mile race!? Or was it a 50K? Either way…) will take you anywhere you want to go after high school. Congratulations on achieving your AA degree from DMACC as a high school junior. The word “impressive” doesn’t even do you justice!
I’ve been cheering for you along the sidelines your whole life so far and I have no intentions of stopping now,
Carrie
PS You can view all of Carson’s session HERE.
