The long road to Levi's castle...

Sometimes it's best to not rush things...

Especially when 50 mile per hour winds are involved.

Levi was our senior last Tuesday and due to the insane low pressure that we were subjected to last week in the midwest... I decided to pull executive rank and just bump back the outdoor portion of our session... so we moved it to the FOLLOWING Tuesday.

Mr. Castle had arranged in advance to have me come to his home just outside of Melbourne, but it wasn't in the cards on that day...

So LAST Tuesday we focused on indoor only... and I think I got one of my favorite images of the year in the process.

Levi is a gamer extraordinaire and he had brought along his XBox controller and wondered if there was a way that we could incorporate that.

Ask and you shall receive! Not only did we get the glow of the controller... but of course, as I'm known to do... things need to be taken a step further. The dude told me that he eventually wants to get a journalism degree (which piqued my interest, as that's where MY true training is). So, I asked him where he wanted to take that in a real world application, and he said he'd eventually like to write for Game Informer magazine! Naturally! He also mentioned that Consumer Reports would work as well... but what better way to depict a guy that always has his mind on games... than to put the game on his MIND. ;-)

Stepdad Jeff (affectionately known as "Jailor Jeff" to those that know him from his post at the Marshall County Slammer) was along for every step of the way both last Tuesday and again yesterday as I took the roadie over to the homestead just off Highway 330. Between the two fellas... I think we coulda talked for hours. Engaging guys for sure... and that seems to be rare in my experience. Normally I'M the one asking all the questions... but it was an interesting session for both sides in this case. And I think Jeff and Levi didn't mind getting my life story as well.

Levi did most all of the leg work in getting this session set up and did all the fact finding on his own. Again... rare for a senior guy to take such possession of this process. I found it refreshing and easy to want to bust my hump for. Good job outta you, Mr. Levi!