Dontrell's Senior Portraits (part 1)

At the beginning of the school year, we went on an all-day excursion to shoot Dontrell's senior portraits. Dontrell was very smart in picking her locations, so we were able to get a lot of different backgrounds in the same place.

Dontrell is very athletic - she plays soccer, basketball, and softball - and she wanted portraits in all three uniforms. She chose Cobbs Hill to shoot, since they have fields for all three sports in the same general area.

We started with soccer:







This picture was perfect for a select color treatment:



We then moved on to baseball:







I added a very gritty, very harsh black and white effect, to better capture the mood. It's one of my favorite pictures of Dontrell!



We rounded out the sports portraits with basketball:







Before the left Cobbs Hill, we ran over to the playground for a bit:



We then moved on to Webster State Park:







As is common when we shoot outdoors, it started to rain. And as is common when it starts to rain, we decided if we were going to get wet, we might as well have fun with it!



I used a color treatment to emphasize the rain on Dontrell's skin:



We hopped into the lake for this fantastic shot (my other favorite!):




We had a great time, and even used the rain to our advantage!


If you would like to see the rest of Dontrell's shoot, please go to our Flickr page.

If you would like us to shoot your (or your child's) senior portraits, please email us at perezsisters@gmail.com