What's in a number? 400: And 2-for-1...

She didn't know it... but she ended up being a benchmark.

Elizabeth Anderson's senior session was unique in its own right, but what she didn't realize is that Google Analytics told me this morning that THIS blog... HER blog... is my 400th such post.

In what started on August 3 of 2008, we haven't missed a single senior session since... and each and every one of our seniors has had their internet day in the sun since then. Our society loves round numbers... and SOMEONE had to be the 400th... I just didn't know it was gonna be TWO seniors, instead of one.

Two?

Well, kinda.

I was familiar with "Elizabeth" as I had photographed her dance pictures back in the day. In addition... two months after we began our blog in '08... I photographed her older brother, Michael. So we have a track record with the fam.

I knew the artsy, thoughtful, sweet side of Elizabeth from before. So when the velvet, floor length dress... the violin and the request for conservative backgrounds and posing came a knockin'.... I wasn't phased.

So, you can imagine my surprise when, at 8 a.m. that morning... in walks "Liz."

If Elizabeth is the pillowy soft persona most of us know... you may need to stop the cover-judging of that book right now. :)

The OTHER side of this young lady sheds the violin for an electric bass guitar... ditches the dress for the leather jacket... and replaces the heels with the canvas tennies.

It begs the question then... in her spare time... is it Mozart or Megadeth? Pachelbel or Pantera? Haydn or Van Halen?

And the simple answer is... both.

How much fun is THIS girl?

Never one to be shoehorned into a box, Liz... or... Elizabeth... err... Miss Anderson is just flat out well rounded. :) Obviously music plays a HUGE part in her life and it was my job to highlight that. She told me that she wants to be a collegiate music instructor someday... and I have no doubt that she will be in just a few short years.

So while I thought I knew what I was getting into... I really ended up getting two seniors for the price of one... and that's pretty cool in my book.