The plans had been, well... planned for weeks as Papa Jason and I had set up a trip to a town I used to visit as an competitor a couple decades ago... New Sharon... home of the Warhawks.
I grossly underestimated the time it took to make the trip down to Mahaska Land... Add in a little road construction and I rolled into town about 10 minutes late. Knowing how much I despise that myself, I apologized profusely as I met Mama Tammy and our blond sensation, Hayley... and we were off...
The main reason for the trip to New Sharon was photograph at the Warhawk softball and basketball faciilites. Stop number one was the softball diamond where we were RUDELY interrupted by Denise Fleener, who between HER and perhaps more importantly, her DAUGHTER... this happened in the first place.
After photographing Denise's daughter, Morgan, as a part of the Class of 2010, we've had a steady stream of Warhawks coming our way... including 3 members of last years epic they'll-be-talking-about-that-team-years-from-now... unblemished... undefeated... undisputed... 28-0 THE Class 1A State Champions... more on that later.
Evidently, Morgan's images made an impression, because we've been reaping the benefits ever since from the Red-and-White folks that expect the very best... So to land a gal like Hayley... we knew that, per usual, no punches would be pullled.
So... after tearing Tammy away from Denise, it was softball time... followed by interrupting the Warhawk P.E. class for shots in the gym... and needless to say... when you have state title hardware at your side... it doesn't get any more legit than that.
We then left Warhawk country and headed north towards the studio and took a stop in Grinnell to get Miss LaRue some urban looks in the land of Ridiculous Days. She turned plenty of heads as we scoured the town and then headed back to the studio.
Once back to the friendly confines of Montour, we continued to bang out image after stunning image of our blond haired, blue-eyed bombshell.... I got to the end of the session and realized that we had enough images to overfill TWO of our normally over-stuffed preview books. With a mountain of work already ahead of Hayley, I knew my work was cut out for me trying to get these done in the two weeks that I had promised her and Tammy as they left the studio that day... but I'm happy to report that after a full day's work of cranking on her artwork... they ARE indeed ready to go... and it's been right at two weeks as we speak...
Just like Hayley knows after making two trips to the state tournament in hoops the past two seasons, she knows that excellence like that isn't just handed to you... It would be easy to just put in your minimal amount of time and hoping for the best... but in New Sharon they know that it takes much more than just going through the motions and moving on to the next sport if you want to be remembered forever.
I believe in the same concept... and I hope you think your images were worth waiting a little longer for.
Way to ROCK it, Hayley!
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