Whew!
A marathon session that touched nearly every imaginable style and pose, this girl knows how to get the maximum outta life!
In fact, the fun didn't just start on Thursday... it was several MONTHS ago. Late February to be more exact.
You see, I wasn't messing around when I said Paige was gonna squeeze every ounce of life out of her senior picture experience! The deal was that she wanted snow images, and talked with me late in 2012 to see HOW we could make that happen. I told her that we should do them during the end of her JUNIOR year... put them in our figurative hip pocket and then bust them out when we do her "real session" in the summer.
Thursday was finally that real session.
Just because P-Flugg had some of her wants/needs scratched off the list, didn't mean she was gonna relax. No.... not in ANY way. This girl knows only one speed... FAST.
So she showed up at 8 a.m. that day and we opened that throttle and didn't slow down 'till mid afternoon. The only time we stubbed our collective toes was right out of the gate when her short boots that she borrowed for the session cracked a heel (sorry Gabee!). They still worked for the remainder of what we needed them to do... so it was a mere speed bump for our 100 mph girl.
I told Paige that I've watched her grow up as this rough and tumble tom-boy and after seeing her in those boots/dress/jean jacket followed by that super cute white dress... she was gonna have to be careful, because someone might accuse her of being, *gasp* HOT!
Never fear however. After the two dresses, the hot pink pants and then the leather and heels were completed, the Paige that most have come to know and love was ready to BUST out in a big way.
Our first stop was at East Marshall High School where we made some images in the gym. One to let everyone know just where her heart is.... and I'm happy to report it's with the Lord. The second was her request to give mad props to... well... herself. So... #12 Paige is giving proper respect on her way OUT of the EM locker rooms while #13 Paige is on her way IN to the showers. Hilarious!
We were 5 or 6 hours into the session, and yet... our Flugge Firecracker wasn't done maximizing her session. We still needed to go out to her home northwest of Marshalltown to take care of a couple of her passions...
Four wheelin' and runnin'.
As if standing on my shoulders in the gym so she could re-hang the net wasn't enough... I got a couple more "firsts" with our crazy girl when we hit Casa de Flugge.
The 4-wheelin images were first. Paige had asked me if it would be okay to get shots of her tearin' it up... I thought... is that even a QUESTION?? Of COURSE! So after getting the obligatory images that everyone does... we then got down and dirty.... Literally.
I can safely say I've never been ordered by a senior gal to smear mud on their face so it "looks good." Until this session, that is. Once that was done... we had to head out to the pasture to get the room to get the image Paige REALLY wanted, which was her leaning HARD on her ATV and getting up on two wheels. Paige took one look at the long walk ahead and my heavy gear and said... "Get ON!"
I was like... "Ummm... well... I've never rode a 4-wheeler." (being the pathetic excuse for a guy that I am). Well... that all came to an end.
As Paige and I are speeding thru the grassy pasture with the wind whipping through, well... HER hair, I was thinking... Is this real life? How cool is MY job? :)
After getting mud thrown on us several times, we DID get Paige's 4-wheeler on two wheels and then it was off to complete our day fittingly... running.
Paige is a cross country standout at East Marshall that has been hindered by a rare disease called Compartmental Disease... look it up... it's complicated... but all the layman needs to know is that the muscles in the leg swell... they dont have enough room to do their thing... and it becomes EXTREMELY painful.
No matter, however, Paige still keeps on fighting the fight and putting in her miles... so she had a vision that I needed to bring to life. I was tickled with what we came up with after doing some serious gravel travel with her and Mama Tammy.
We then retreated to their home to say our goodbyes... I exhaled and headed back to Montour.
It will come as no surprise to report that this photographer slept easy that night.
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