2009 Minisink Valley Graduation
After a very tough week because of my dad’s funeral, we had to pull ourselves together for our last big event of the spring – the 2009 Minisink Valley Graduation Ceremony.
Friday morning, the 26th of June, was a particularly tough morning as it was the last time the family got to see my dad before the funeral home finished what they needed to do. We were all emotionally drained from everything that had gone on during the last few days and none of us really had our heads in the right spot. However, Loretta and I had one last job to do for Minisink Valley before the school year closed out.
As we headed home, we noticed that the skies we nearly black – and sitting right over where we needed to go. We got back to my parent’s house and turned on the weather channel to see what was headed our way. The screen simply said – strong thunderstorms …
Though the skies were dark and the wind was picking up, we headed over to the school to meet up with our freelance photographers to go over the final game plan – should the ceremony continue. Unfortunately, just as we arrived, the office word came out that everything had been moved to Saturday morning – and it was a good thing too!
The black clouds that we saw were upon us in no time and the “strong thunderstorm” notice from the weather channel was a complete understatement. Lightning was crashing all around us, rain was coming down in buckets and the wind was strong enough to knock almost anything over. With that, we headed home and made sure we were ready for Saturday morning!
When the time rolled around, the weather was pretty iffy. A few pockets of rain doused the field while everyone was getting setup. Luckily, it all passed with about 30 minutes to spare. Just as the ceremony began, the sun came out and made for a beautiful but muggy day. With everyone happy to just have great weather, we started capturing some great shots of the graduates … including this extremely interesting one while everyone was walking in …
… as well as this “dreamy” looking one of a veteran receiving his honorary diploma.
While walking up and down the sides of the graduates, taking shots of them and their friends together, this one girl caught my attention simply because her shoes almost screamed at me for attention …
A blog post about a high school graduation (or any graduation for that matter) wouldn’t be complete without the usual “cap throwing” shot …
All in all, it was a nice ending to a rough week. It actually made me feel like I was back at my own graduation in 2001 …