Hannah's Senior Portraits

This past weekend we shot our first senior portrait session of the season, with Hannah. When we met with Hannah and her mother, they told us they wanted urban, artsy, edgy photos. We chose some great locations scattered throughout the city, and here are some of our favorites:

We started at High Falls:



This photo looked great with an artistic treatment:





As we were leaving, we noticed a really great alley with red brick on one side and an overgrowth of trees on the other. Since all of our senior portrait sessions come with unlimited outfit changes, Hannah changed into a bright blue shirt. I love how all the colors just pop off each other:





We added a vintage color affect to this photo:



We then headed to the other side of the High Falls:









We then moved on to Manhattan Square Park:



And with an artistic treatment:









And with a vintage color affect:



We finished off the day at an access ramp to the highway. These are by far my favorite shots!





We arranged our lights so we could get some dramatic shadows on the wall:



This photo was PERFECT for our artistic treatment:



We had a great time, got some great shots, and it didn't even rain! It was a wonderful start to a great new senior portrait season!



If you would like to see the rest of Hannah'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

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