I have known Kayla a long time.  Mostly through the wrestling community here in PA.  I have had the joy and pleasure of watching her grow into a great young lady and a fierce wrestler.  Kayla will graduate from High school this year.  We had been working on getting her portraits taken for most of the Summer but had not been able to connect.  Seems she has been a little busy this Summer.  So busy in fact that I had to travel to Cleveland, Ohio back in April for the 2010 USA /FILA Championships. The original post is here. But here are a few of her pics I captured.

Since then Kayla has been busy with the wrestling.  In June she was ranked 3rd in the country at 51kg. not bad considering these are women’s rankings and she was still waiting to enter her senior year in high school.  Before that she placed 3rd at the US World Team Trials.  Traveled to Mexico and represented the US. then spent some time in Colorado at the Olympic Training Center located in Colorado Springs.  She has done more then what I have posted, but I think you get the picture.

Soooooo, we finally got together the other evening for a short session in order to get her picture into the Yearbook.  It was funny.  Kayla is all rough and tumble and is on her way to becoming a world class athlete. Yet she is just this young student/athlete  at a small high school and was excited/nervous about getting her picture taken.  After a little chatting and some  down time Kayla relaxed and was fun to photograph.

What was most interesting was her wish to be photographed in her Homecoming dress. What a transformation.  From her battle wear on the mat to her homecoming wear that will be  worn on the dance floor.

I am looking forward to our next photo session, when we have a little more time.