BEFORE WE START: I have made it to the final round of the Pacific Weddings Magazine “Hit me with your best shot!” contest. Basically, if my shot of Helen and Tyler wins then it gets a full page spread in their Winter/Spring edition. Voting ends on Oct. 23rd (yeah I know, I have NO idea how they think they are going to manage counting all of those comments with a contest that long but… hey!) so if you haven’t already and or you have and you want to give a 2nd opinion head on over to:

http://pacificweddings.typepad.com/love_notes/2009/10/vote-photo-contest-finalists.html

and leave a comment with something along the lines of, “My vote goes to With This Kiss!” … or whatev…

Onward!

I have been looking forward to sharing this shoot because I just love the feeling these images evoke! When Andrea emailed me and told me her and her sister Amanda (who was in my graduating class at Pres. and used to swoon over BSB and NSYNC and whoever else with me during free period) wanted to get some cool portraits of themselves done as a gift for their mom the ball started rolling with tons of fun ideas as to what to do for their images- they totally get what I am about and were ready and willing to have as much fun as I asked for! Thanks so much for such a great afternoon guys!

Erin and Steve are no strangers to this blog – their downtown engagement shoot and wedding pictures have been both posted in the last 6 months! Their wedding day timeline didn’t allow us to get as many portraits of them as they wanted so we set up an additional bridal shoot and took the light and timeline into our own hands! Here are some of my favorites… aren’t they just ridiculously good looking???

One thing I was super excited about doing while I was up here was shooting some senior portraits for my sister and her friends. In 2010, I plan on introducing a Senior’s section to my business and am starting to lay the foundation for it. Photographing Seniors is SO much fun- the nature of today’s teenager fits right in with my vision. They like magazines, fashion, they understand cool locations, props, make up, hair, etc. They don’t want a dumb photo of themselves in a cap and gown and would much rather see themselves in a stylish outfit looking fabulous. Parents are starting to get it- we’re working on them, right girls?

They were prettied up, styled up, and then we all jumped into my dad’s Volkswagen bus and headed to the grounds of my aunts convent in Burlingame. We had such a fun day and I think these photos show it!! Special shout out to my mom who drove the bus on the freeway all the way to Burlingame. She was a trooper! Any Seniors wanting some creative portraits of themselves, give me a shout at meg{at}megperotti{dot}com! I’ll be introducing a Senior rep program in 2010 so look out for that!

Motivation: 5 best friends, leaving for college next month, all taking one last rendezvous- but these girls do not know how to travel on a budget, instead, they just travel with style.

Make up + Hair: Leah Mee

{emma}

{krista}

{angie}

{nicole}

{sarah}

 {friends}

{love}

{gossip girl}

{love}

{thanks mom}

As I’ve said, my schedule got lucky and all my bay area weddings were booked back to back this August-September so I am currently sitting in my parents family room in San Jose at a wooden card table with a stack of papers to my right, a hard drive and a cup of coffee to my left, a mouse and a circa 1998 Hanson mouse-pad that I dug out of my parents old computer table (MOE anyone?), and my laptop. This is my desk until September 7th and I’m kind of loving it. I miss Timmy (who is visiting soon thank goodness!) and Stella and Stanley and Morgan and Gabe and Heather but I am so happy to be hanging out with my mom, dad, and sister on a daily basis! It’s no secret that about a year ago I started feeling the “move home” itch. I miss it up here- the rolling hills, trips to San Francisco, Santa Cruz, neighborhoods fit for running and riding bikes, best friends since I was one years old- all of it. I still have a few weekday session openings and so if you’re interested let me know and we’ll set something up!

Here is what I am working on today! Much more of these types of shoots to come in 2010!

So, living in Los Angeles and being a photographer- shooting the occasional headshot is pretty inevitable. There are a lot of really great photographers that specialize in headshot shoots that charge an arm and a leg for their insider knowledge and there there is me. I have no idea what an agency is looking for, and I honestly don’t care. I shoot at a low f-stop and make you look super pretty! So if you have an agent breathing down your neck I probably am not your girl …. But!

Here are some samples from a recent shoot of the lovely Samantha Hendy who has features to die for!