Doin' bidness with Bidwell...

If Daryl Bidwell learned one thing at his senior session it's this...

Don't get me goin'.

It's debatable if it can be called one of my "strengths," but I've been blessed with the gift-of-gab... and those that really know me... know that if the topic turns to sports... you may never shut me up.

;)

Daryl was our first South Tama senior on the 2013 senior trail, and I was aware that Mr. Bidwell had just completed a strong track season on the Trojans' outstanding sprint relay squads.

Throw in the fact that he plays a little hoop and pigskin, too... and his fate was sealed.... It was sports roundtable time with BStew.

Just when he thought it was supposed to be senior pictures!

I don't think he really minded much... the ones I really felt sorry for were his girlfriend Emily... and Daryl's dad, Dale.  Emily did an amazing job of giving me a hand with gear now and then... AND "assisting" me in calling out Daryl when he tried to pull a phony smile... Papa Dale, who incidentally looks like he was yanked right out of the rock band ZZ Top with a foot long white beard, kept the mood light when the sports talk lagged.   Dale taught me what "I thought" will do for a guy when I was sharing the story from a couple weeks back with I THOUGHT I could beat my son in a 400 meter dash.  ;)

In between all the sports... and razzin, we did happen to catch a few images...  Daryl had HIS idea for the sports thing.... (which I now call the 'old school' collage... the-me-with-all-my-stuff image)  and we did that... but I assured him that I had a few ideas of my own... which manifested themselves into a rad digital collage and some killer images that we did on his stomping grounds in Tama....

No surprise then... just like the chatter... the images have a heavy emphasis on sports.  Oh well... that's how we roll.