Matthias' Senior Portraits (aka Real Men Wear Pink!)

This past fall we shot Mattias' senior portraits. He was a senior model for us the year before (he's one of our barn kids) and we were looking forward to working with him again.

When we asked Mattias where he wanted to go, he said that he remembered taking portraits at Mt. Hope Cemetery when his older sister had gotten married, but he wanted his portraits to look nothing like his sisters. Lucky for him, we specialize in different!

The other thing that was really important to Mattias was our post-production. Because he had already done portraits with us, he had seen all the cool ways we can tweak a photo after the fact. He wanted an overload of special effects, and we were happy to oblige.

Here are some of our favorites from the shoot:



With a deep red color cast:





With a high contrast artistic treatment:



Our senior portrait sessions come with unlimited outfit changes throughout the entire shoot. As we moved on to another part of the cemetery, Matthias changed into this great pink shirt. It was very flattering for Matthias' skin tone, and who doesn't love a guy in pink! This is ours - and Matthias' - favorite with the pink shirt:



With a high contrast artistic treatment:



In fact, Matthias liked this shot so much he chose it as his yearbook photo. A few days after he told us what photo to prepare for the yearbook, however, he asked if we could make a few changes. Like, change the color of his shirt (and bump up the saturation in his eyes. And darken his hair). Lucky for him, that sort of work is included at no extra charge in all of our senior portrait packages (although, what is it with these guys and their shirts?) so we made all those changes for him:





With a select color treatment:





With a select color treatment (to emphasize the pink shirt!):





With a vintage color treatment:











With a vintage color treatment:



As it often happens when we shoot outside, it started to rain, so we fled for the car and packed up. But once we left the cemetery, it stopped! We happened to be right in front of Genesee Valley Park, so we popped in for just a few more shots. We found this fantastic tree:





With a blue color cast:







Despite the three and a half seconds of rain, we had a really fun time, and more importantly, Matthias got exactly the photo we wanted for his yearbook. Mission accomplished!


If you would like to see the rest of Mattias' shoot, please go to our Flick page.


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

SuperGeorge & His Guitars

Earlier this season we shot senior portraits for George. George is a practical kind of guy, and didn't want to go traipsing all over the city for different locations. He wanted us to find one location with multiple backgrounds in one general area. We suggested the Highland area, which George agreed to. We ended up at the Poet's Garden and the flower conservatory.

Here are some of our favorite shots from the day:





George is a really tall guy, and I wanted to emphasize that in this shot:



At one point during the shoot, George and his mother, who had joined us, began to whisper conspiratorially with each other. Melinda and I were a bit nervous, but we had no need to be! George wanted us to do give him some super-hero treatment, and we were only too happy to oblige!

Here is the raw image with no touch-ups:



And here is the photo that George was envisioning, that we created for him, after the fact, in post-production:







The angle and composition of this photo made it perfect for an artistic effect:









George is a musician, and he wanted his senior portraits to reflect that. He brought both of his guitars to shoot with:













The reflection of the sky and the silhouette of the trees in George's guitar were so lovely, I had to give this photo a select color treatment:





For the last photo of the day, George gave us his best Captain Morgan pose:



We had a great time, we had GREAT WEATHER, and George and his mother loved his photos. All of George's friends loved his photos too - especially his Superman photo!

If you would like to see the rest of George'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

Electric Invitations

I was recently commissioned to create invitations and matching thank you cards for a topping out party for an electrician. They didn't really have any idea in mind for what they wanted, other than they wanted them to be related to the electrician field somehow, and they wanted something completely unique - something noone else will ever have had (a request we get a lot!).

I love when I have free reign over an idea, because it gives me the opportunity to be creative with out any restraints.

As anyone who has seen my lego invitations - or other graphic design pieces I've done - can attest, I like to anthropomorphise. I decided to create some electric characters for these invitations:





After I had my photographs, I edited them a little (especially the plug - he looked so sad!) and put them as the main design elements in the stationery pieces.

Invitation Front:



Invitation Inside:



Thank You Card:




We all were very pleased with how these turned out. They are fun and put a smile on my face each time I look at them!


If you would like to use this design for your own party, or would like us to custom create a one-of-a-kind design for you, please email us at perezsisters@gmail.com