Up until a few weeks ago... Drew Schossow was known to me mostly for a couple reasons.
I knew his mom ran Marshalltown's Optical Center, but my experience with HIM was one mostly of a comedic nature.
How so?
As with many East Marshall kids prior to their senior sessions, our exposure to them comes mainly in the form of sports team pictures.
A quick glance around the collection of images at the aforementioned Mama Julie and Papa Gar's home, and it wouldn't take long to figure out that Drew has a one HECK of a sense of humor.
A little twisted... but funny none the less. ;)
Honestly, some of the antics that Drew and fellow cohort (and future Stewart Photography senior) Ben Terrones have requested had me thinking I may be receiving an angry phone call from the Schossows, but alas... evidently Julie and Gar have an ornery sense of humor themselves... (or maybe they are just resigned to the monster they have created!)
I think it's the former rather than the latter after Julie suggested the image of her son poppin the hundred dollar bill that you see below.
Drew had a few requests of his own. We crafted another custom sports collage that highlighted one of East Marshall's fine cross-country athletes as well as a couple of SWEET cars. Papa Gar's "babies" (his 66 Ford Fairlane and a 2012 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500) were must haves near the end of the session.
But mostly, the session was spent doing what we do at Stewart Photography when an East Marshall senior is in the house. We talk like old friends do... and if we aren't ALREADY close... we become closer. I found out that Drew is planning on being a part of our Armed Services that will allow him to attend the University of Virginia. I don't hear THAT very often around these parts.
Julie and I shared stories that only small business owners can appreciate (what happens with small business owners... STAYS will small business owners). In addition, Mrs. Schossow is a member of EM's School Board and, predictably, couldn't escape Drew's session without fielding several Mustang related questions from me... but, to be fair... I think I gave her some information that SHE wasn't yet privy to as well.
In the end, it was another great EM senior session with one of their best products. A day after one of my worst moments as a Mustang fan, it's fitting that even though he wasn't aware he did it... Drew reminded me what it is to be a true fan. Be there through thick and thin... Decked out in purple body paint in 100 degree temps, the scoreboard didn't deter the senior SuperFan... and that's the way it should be.
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