Arianna here is one of those hot-blooded persons (like me) that seemingly would sweat in a meat locker, and so I had my work cut out for me in keepin' this gal comfortable.
It was probably just nerves initially, and who could blame her? She was SO excited coming in... and we were excited to have her back.
It had been eight and a half years since I last photographed the nine-year old version of Miss Tichy. She had been in with her big brother (J.R., STC Class of 2006) way back in 2002 as part of our Tots promotion. So... of course, we had to have a little fun reproducing a couple of "then and now" images. If you see Arianna in our "Y" prop with her feet up down below... she'll now have matching poses from back in the day... (but WAY longer legs!).
In addition, J.R. made a return appearance and we have shown how much the two have changed in the sibling's image below... awww... so cute... And, surprisingly... I don't think that they actually HATED to do it, like many siblings would when put in this scenario.
J.R.'s influence didn't end there, however, as my man was infamous from years past as being THE guy that had me light a computer monitor on fire for HIS senior pictures. Now a computer tech dude for the Marshalltown School District, he obviously went on to work in the area of his passion from back in his senior year... that's cool if you ask me. Anyway... he made SURE that Arianna was gonna light something on fire... and in this case, it was her old ballet pointe shoes. She told me it was symbolic.. i'll have to take her word for it. ;-)
Finally, I would be remiss if I didn't mention Mia the chihuahua. I kept thinking about the little Taco Bell dog that would say, "Drop the Chalupa" in yesteryear. Strangely, Mia wouldn't talk in a Mexican accent like the Taco Bell dog would, but she was as animated and we got a unique shot of the pooch perched on Arianna's shoulder! Sometimes, I'm good, sometimes I'm lucky. Better to be lucky than good, I say.
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