Amelia's Trash The Dress Session (senior portraits pt. 2)

Last fall, we shot Amelia's senior portraits. We had a second session scheduled, to be shot outdoors in the autumn leaves, but then it snowed! With our concept and our background snowed out, we had no choice but to wait until this fall.

We FINALLY shot Amelia's Trash The Dress session last weekend, at Mt. Hope Cemetery. The weather was perfect, and we were able to get some great photos. Here are our favorites from the shoot:































The photos we got were totally worth the wait!


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


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

Kay's Senior Portraits

We recently shot Kay's senior portraits. Kay has been going to Camp Cherith (in Hunt, on the southern tip of Letchworth State Park) for years. It is a place that holds a lot of happy memories for her, so when she and her mother started talking about senior portraits, there was no other place they even considered.

Even though Camp Cherith is more than an hour away from us, we were more than happy to travel so Kay could get exactly the pictures she wanted. We even got some pictures of Kay with her dog!

Here are our favorites from the day:

We started out at the massive tree at the far end of the camp:









As we made our way around the camp, we ventured out onto the dock (even though there was no lifeguard!!):









And with a vintage color effect:













And with a vintage color effect:







And with a vintage color effect:











And with a vintage color effect:



Kay's mom wanted some pictures of their dog running to Kay:







We also got some portraits of Kay with her dog:







Kay and her mom were so happy that they were able to get exactly what they wanted - which makes us happy too!



If you would like to see the rest of Kay'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

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