Funny what happens when you get a little cooperation! :)

I would have never remembered on my own, but her mother insisted it was the truth.

About 14 years ago I was at the home of Gary Bryant just east of Marshalltown photographing his extended family.

Evidently there was a four year old granddaughter in the group... and that toddler was making my life VERY difficult.

Every photographer worth their salt has been in this spot. Big group... finally got 'em where you want 'em... and then there's at least ONE.

The pain in your hindquarters...

As it turns out, the little four year old girl that was sticking out her bottom lip so far that my pops used to tell me a little birdie was gonna come and poop on it.... was the now stunning senior that I got to photograph on Friday afternoon.

There was no whining, complaining or fit throwing this time. And strangely, we ended up getting some pretty fair results for Madelyn! :)

"Interesting, isn't that, Richard?"

"Yes... provocative."

For those of you that didn't catch that above quote... you should know it comes from my favorite movie ever... Tommy Boy.

I know I've had to have mentioned it in this blog space before... but Friday was a fun session, not only for the fact that we had a beautiful subject and a hilarious mom... but we all THREE love Tommy Boy.

So... those of you that know me know that I've been known to bust out a pretty fair Chris Farley impersonation on occasion. And if you are savvy enough to understand the line came from the movie without me telling you.... BIG brownie points. BIG.

So, just how big of Tommy Boy fans were Madelyn and her mom?

They had the family pet (a pretty little pet that was a possible sale...) along for the ride. And this pug's name? Well... Tommy of course. And it came to my attention that their last dog's name was Richard.

Why didn't I think of that? It's gonna make my HEAD explode... Or make me jerk the wheel into a BRIDGE embunkment.

Makes me almost wanna go out and get a dog... just so I can have a dog named Richard.

So... needless to say... there were plenty of opportunities in between capturing amazing images of Madelyn to squeeze in a few movie quotes... so it was a totally fun day for me.

I hope they felt the same. ;)