Todd and Anna's Wedding

Last weekend we had the pleasure of working with Todd and Anna on their wedding day. Todd and Anna were a joy to work with, as was everyone at The White Farm in Brockport.

Here are some of our favorites from their day!

As always, we start with the rehearsal:

Instead of using a minister, Todd and Anna had their friend Jeff officiate the ceremony. So cool!











Anna's brother, Jason, giving us his best "blue steel".





We were with Todd and Anna at the beginning of the next day to get some prep shots:



Anna mentally rehearsing her vows. Writing your own vows can be daunting, but in Todd and Anna's case, it was totally worth it - their vows were lovely, sweet, and perfectly customized to them!





Todd helps out his groomsmen, who did not have the tie-tying skills that he does:







The boys, just waiting for the show to begin!



Todd and Anna were blessed with good weather, so they were able to have their ceremony on the front lawn of the estate:







Todd and Anna took a wedding tradition from the Society of Friends, and sat for a while, to give their friends and family an opportunity to share their own thoughts and feelings. It was a very emotional and heart-felt moment in the ceremony.







A foot-popping kiss - Anna's signature move!



Right after the ceremony, we snuck off with Todd and Anna to get some quick portraits before the reception. The White Farm is such a lovely place, and it was easy to find lots wonderful backgrounds:









Then it was off to the reception:









Anna is quite the dancer (for real!) and she had a great time on the dance floor:





Anna's grandmother provided homemade cheesecake brownies (yum!) in lieu of a traditional wedding cake.



Here are some of our favorite detail shots from the day:



Anna wore this stunning necklace, which has an equally stunning background. Anna's great-great grandfather worked for the Sultan of Johor, and one of his jobs was training the Sultan's racehorses. To congratulate him on a particularly successful racehorse, the Sultan commissioned a pocket watch for him, and a matching necklace for his wife. This necklace has been given to the first daughter for five generations, and Anna is the third woman in her family (after her mother and her grandmother) to wear the necklace on her wedding day!










We had a great time with Todd and Anna, their family and friends. It was a lovely day, and Todd and Anna made it very special for everyone there with their attention to detail and unique touches.


If you would like to see more our favorites of Todd and Anna's day, please go to our Flickr page.

*UPDATED: If you would like to see all of Todd and Anna's wedding, please go to our Flickr page.


If you have a wedding or any other event you would like us to shoot, please email us at perezsisters@gmail.com

Dana's Senior Portraits (part 1)

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