If there's one thing I know I can count on when the Espinoza brothers come in for senior pictures... it's the fact that they are gonna look stylish.
When we photographed older bro, Gil, as a member of the Class of 2011, he had all kinds of questions... what was due when... what kinda turnaround did we have... how much the packages were... but most importantly...
"What should I wear?"
I gave my standard line that I have for years... "solid colors... long sleeves looks best." Especially in the fall.
And to the LETTER... Gil did exactly that for his session back on October 20, 2010. Like he was pulled right out of an ad for The Buckle, Gil nailed the clothing part... and for those of you that think it doesn't make a difference, it just does.... trust me.
So when the phone rang back in September and Gil was on the other end of the line wanting to set up his kid brother's session, I knew one thing for SURE... if he had anything to do with it.... his little bro was gonna look GOOD!
Brother Jesus' session finally rolled around in November and when the brothers Espinoza came through my front door... I wasn't disappointed.
Four outfits... solid colors... long sleeves. Perfect from head to toe.
Now... some would argue that seniors should dress like they normally dress so they look like THEMSELVES for the session. A case could be made for that. And I'm not saying that Jesus doesn't look like this everyday... because maybe he does... (I'm guessing he doesn't). But for those that treat this experience as something that you don't do everyday, and is something of a special occasion, I think that's cool, and I'm never NOT going to encourage that.
Mama Guadalupe was along for the ride again, although we missed sister Irasema's smile this go around (she's busy starting a family with Stewart Photography 2007 alum, David Turk in the North Liberty area. Iris may have actually deserved most of the credit for Gil's style selections three years ago... and I'm not so sure she didn't have a hand in it again for Jesus... but either way we were set on the clothing end.
Except for one thing.
A belt.
The fellas were showing me their clothing choices and suddenly they realized a belt was missing. Since I planned on once again going urban (as we usually do in November after the color fades on the outdoor) I suggested we just stop by home in Toledo to complete Jesus' look.
So we were off and running... trying not to freeze our collective tookuses off. But as usual... our senior showed remarkable moxie and toughness.
Those of you that know Jesus won't be surprised when I tell you that he was a man of few words on this day. I did find out that he plans on hopefully traveling to the great Northwest after high school. Sounds like David and Irasema want to raise their family in the Seattle area, and evidently Jesus will be going to college in the neighborhood as well.
In the meantime... I got to catch up with three time All-Stater, Gil and his clarinet. A member of the University of Iowa Marching Band his freshman and sophomore years, Gil gave me the skinny on his travels with the Hawks... (did you know that PURDUE is the most hated band in the Big Ten Conference?) and his plans to pursue a career in international business. Dude just has his stuff together... that's all there is to it.
If that doesn't work out... I'm hiring Gil to be a clothing consultant for all my senior guys.
Thanks for the business, Team Espinoza... it was nice catching up with you.
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