Stonewalled! Vol. 2: Madi May

I got my normal 5 hours of sleep... took a deep breath... and 8 a.m. rolled around and it was time for the other half of the womb as Madison Stonewall was ready for her crack at this senior picture thing.

Mama Micki had told me that her twins Morgan Jeanette and Madison Margaret had since been translated to Morgan Jay and Madi May, and now you know where the titles of their respective blogs have come from.

So round two was on.  This time rather than starting in Montour at the studio, I was off to the Stonewall Ranch to dodge the cats bright and early.

I got another shot at Papa Kenny's collection of vintage cars, and the soft morning light gave me a little better opportunity to get my preferred angles.   The 40 degree temps mixed with Madi's short shorts and skirts made for goosebumps a plenty, but I have to admit, the little gal showed plenty of toughness.

It was rusty truck and coupe time and then it was off to the nearby Wolken pond for a few.  One of Madi's have-to's included getting an image on the little used train tracks that run by the pond there.   We nailed that shot, but if you look REALLY closely at that image posted here, you'll see that we had a visitor for a few seconds.  ;)

Madison had to get an urban look of her own on this day, so we went the opposite direction of her twin and made it into her hometown's county seat and turned a few heads in the back alleys with her insane heels and pencil skirt.

A quick trip back to the Montour Greater Metropolitan area produced some of my favorite images from Madi's session as we nailed the answer to sister Morgan's bubble image with Madison's feathers.  How cool is that?

The future University of Iowa optometry student (God Bless Kenny and Micki for spreading the wealth to all the Regents!), along with her sister are some of the best students that East Marshall has to offer.   But better than that in my eyes is both of the girls wanting to incorporate scripture in their images.  That's real winning.

A nearly full 24-hours of all-Stonewall-all-the-time magic carpet ride had come to an end, and while the girls came from the same womb and had the same senior photographer, their images were anything but the same. That was my goal from the beginning... and after we had set the bar so high on day one... I was nervous... but now that they are both in the books, I can confidently say that I'm proud of what Team Stonewall and I accomplished.  I thank them SO much for their trust in me to make this happen for them... it was a group effort, and I couldn't be happier with the outcome.

Thanks ladies for putting all your hopes into something you had no way of seeing in advance.   That's true faith.  ;)