Justin Olsen poses as Thor for the Peak Performer of the Year for the Boys' Baseball Player of the Year at the Gazette studio on June 11, 2018 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette).

Sam Anderson poses for an environmental sports portrait at the Archstone Apartment homes residents pool in Ventura, California on Friday April 17, 2014 (© Dougal Brownlie 2014).

Porsha, a local drag queen, poses for a portrait on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019 in Colorado Springs, Colorado (Dougal Brownlie | The Gazette).

As a high school sophomore student Kate Griffin plays golf and tennis at the same time but for two different high schools - Coronado and Colorado Springs School respectively and she poses for a portrait at the Kissing Camels Golf Course on Monday April 9, 2018 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Griffin juggles the two sports during the spring as well as being a full time high school student. (Dougal Brownlie | The Gazette).

Chelsea Walter poses as she wears a hat she created herself to celebrate the 143rd Kentucky Derby as she attended the first Annual Kentucky Derby Party at Axe and the Oak Whiskey House on Saturday May 6, 2017 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.(Dougal Brownlie | The Gazette).

Christine Iyanuoluwa Ajayi, laughs as she adjusts her cap before the start of the Colorado Springs Christian School Commencement that was held at Rocky Mountain Calvary Chapel on Friday May 25, 2018 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Ajayi will be attending Baylor University next year and was a Summa Cum Laude student from the school. (Dougal Brownlie | The Gazette).

Audrey Schank, a junior at Central high school posed for a photo on Wednesday April 27, 2016 in St. Joseph, Missouri at the St. Joseph News-Press. Schank has been swimming every day for the past five to seven years and in the summer she swims twice a day with crossfit once a day. The Central junior swimmer captured third place in the 100-yard backstroke at the MSHSSA Girls State Swimming Championships. Schank competed in the finals of the same event last year, with heartbreaking results. She was disqualified for going past vertical on her turn but this year proved to be different for the All News-Press swimmer of the year. “I have one more year to go out there and prove myself,” Schank said. “To myself, most importantly, but also to others how my hard work has paid off and how swimming year-round has paid off.” (© Dougal Brownlie | St. Joseph News-Press).

Jessica Love laughs as she gets kissed on the cheek by her future husband Christian Mengel at they enjoy the Garden of the Gods Park on Saturday September 23, 2017 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The couple would be married in October that same year. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie | The Gazette).

John Kelsey poses for an environmental sports portrait at Surfing Sands Beach in Isla Vista in Goleta, California in April. Kelsey a regular surfer and international student at Brooks Institute was able to intern with Annie Leibovitz and continue to improve his professional photography career. (© Dougal Brownlie 2014).

A photo illustration of David whose last name has been withheld has to register for a child molestation charge that his fiance, Priscilla, said he got in Missouri for being with a girl he started dating when he was 17 and she was 14. After they broke up, her parents filed charges. Ten years later, that charge is still causing him problems in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie | The Gazette).

Lily Gloor laughs as she and her fiancé Paul Brownlie enjoy the sunset while posing for their engagement photos at Zunich Park on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019 in Bellingham, Washington. (Dougal Brownlie 2019).

Reuben Crowfeather Jr. part of the Southern Ojibwe Native American wears a feathered war bonnet which two black and white eagle tail feathers represented the dancer and and the eagle. The story he was told that when the two feathers danced together they were sending a message to the eagle in appreciation of its existence. Crowfeather is one of just under a quarter million of his tribe living in the United States currently. (© Dougal Brownlie | St. Joseph News-Press).

Cheyenne Mountain girls No. 1 singles Morgan Hall posed for a portrait for the Peak Performer of the Year. She was photographed at the Cheyenne Mountain tennis courts on Friday June 2, 2017. Hall commented that her favorite player is Rafael Nadal and that she met him when they both stayed at the same hotel in Palm Springs, California when she was ten and attending the Indian Wells tennis tournament. She also noted that she no longer watches professional tennis as it stresses her out too much. (© Dougal Brownlie | The Gazette).

Sean holds his son Micah, 1, up to the hoop as he dunks the ball during sunset at Discovery Park on Thursday November 23, 2017 in Colorado Springs, Colorado (© Dougal Brownlie 2017).

Alonzo Weston has been voted the St. Joseph, Missouri's favorite newspaper columnist for the past 13 years. He also has won numerous Missouri Press Association awards for his columns, features and investigative reporting. (© Dougal Brownlie 2016).

Josh Schock and his girlfriend Coral Rose, posed for a portrait, on Thursday September 22, 2016 at the St. Joseph News-Press studio in St. Joseph, Missouri. The couple have been dating since their first date when Schock left his family's Christmas portrait mall to meet her at a different part of the mall in 2007. (© Dougal Brownlie 2016).

Kris Jones, right, and her husband Steve Jones pose for a portrait at their home in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Wednesday, August 9, 2017. The Jones' volunteer their time to take photos of the animals at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. (Dougal Brownlie | The Gazette).

A young boy poses for a portrait before continuing to train and practice at Rafael Trejo in Old Havana, Cuba on December 17, 2014 that has been established to keep many boys off the street and give them a future. As of December 17, 2014, Barack Obama and Raul Castro have been changing the travel and trade policies between the United States and Cuba relations which could see this boy and others to travel internationally and further their goals successful boxers. (© Dougal Brownlie 2014).