Gettin' on the Cole train...

Before we could get on Cole's train... we had to dodge the bullet.

Originally, Cole's mom, Joanna, had set up her son's senior appointment for a 1 p.m. slot.

No big deal, right?

Upon further inspection, Joanna told me that Cole would REALLY like to be photographed with a John Deere tractor or combine... So, after hearing that, I did some arm twisting and convinced her of the importance of getting that done at the 8 a.m. session instead... as to avoid the high mid-day sky.

With special thanks to Southards in Tama, we made a dash over there first thing out of the gate that morning of his session... and it wasn't the SUN that was the issue.... but the clouds... or what was in them.

The forecast was for an all day rain... and a quick look at the radar told me that they were right... but there was a LITTLE window of opportunity... so we took it.

The end result was that we got all the shots done with the green machines... and we felt good about that.

Before we made our way back to the down town Tama area for some urban looks, we did stop off at an empty cornfield that had just a few hay bales lined up. Being the country boy that he is... it was worth the trespass, right?

So we hopped out.. and it was starting to sprinkle... yet.. we were undeterred. As we were banging out just a few images... here he came...

The owner.

As if there were some sort of invisible laser tripped alarm on the pathway to the field... down the long hill came Mr. Field Owner on his tractor.

"Whatcha doin?"

"oh... just some senior pictures."

"ahhhhh... ok... just wondered."

Gotta love Iowa. :)

So we got our shot with the circular bales and we were off to downtown. We didn't take a LOT of time there with our country boy... but this time of year... bricks and alleys are something you can count on!

About the time we arrived back in Montour, the skies opened up and it was a complete washout the rest of the day... but, no matter to us at that point... Let it rain!

We did our barrage of indoor stuff... but Cole was mainly interested in a couple of shots.

Sports... and more sports.

More specifically... he's an East Marshall baseball player and wrestler... and a Hawkeye Football fan.

Both of which work for me. ;)

So we paid homage to his two sports and his Hawks... and the proverbial bullet was dodged. And this time of year, with the threat of worse things to come... that's a very good thing.