We shot Dana's first senior portrait session recently. Dana wanted more of an urban feel to her pictures, so we shot all around the downtown area. We started at High Falls:
Since Dana wanted an urban look for her portraits, I used color and art filters when appropriate to make the photo more edgy, but still acceptable for a senior portrait:
The lighting and the expression on Dana's face is so soft and sweet, I washed out the colors to emphasize that feel:
This photo was perfect for some high contrast color:
As we were leaving, we saw this very unusual loading dock door. It's natural wood and painted brick was a nice backdrop:
We then went to Midtown Plaza. I was very grateful that we were able to shoot in there before they closed it to the public, and the shiny wall made Dana's pretty green dress pop:
From there we went over to the Manhattan Square Park area. We started at the chess table on the north side:
Then went over to the Strong Museum of Play on the south side:
As we were shooting, thunder started rolling and the sky started to get pretty dark. As is common when
we shoot outdoors, we knew we were about to get stormed upon. Melinda went to the car, and Dana and I decided if we were going to get soaked, we might as well hop in the fountain:
I bumped up the contrast and color saturation to better illustrate the falling rain:
Dana pulled back her now-curly hair for a more sporty look:
We had a great time, even in the rain. Dana plans to take full advantage of the two-day package she bought, and she is going to cut and dye her hair in between shoots. Stay tuned for our session with a completely different looking Dana later!
*UPDATE: we recently shot
Dana's second senior portrait session!
If you would like to see the rest of Dana'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
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