Admittedly, I don't shoot a lot of senior portrait sessions. But when Callie, a senior at Topeka's Shawnee Heights High School, sent me a Facebook message a couple of months ago asking about my availability, I knew this would be one session I couldn't pass up.
You see, Callie is my wife's Little Sister and I've known her since she was 7. Angie, my wife, and I were still in college. I wasn't thinking beyond the end of the semester let alone shooting her senior portraits ten years down the road.
But through the past decade, we've traveled to see her on her birthday. She was a junior bridesmaid in our wedding. I let her take my car for a spin in her school's parking lot as she was learning to drive. Next week we're going with her on a campus visit to K-State, our alma mater. It just doesn't seem possible.
She's turned into a remarkable young woman with a bright and promising future. We couldn't be more proud!
Callie thanked me no less than three times as we were wrapping up our shoot, which started at Burnett's Mound before moving to Lake Shawnee and downtown. No, thank you, Callie. Thank you for asking me to photograph your senior portraits and thank you for just being so AWESOME! -Mike
