Quinceañera in Tucson: Karina

Karina had her Quinceanera celebration on March 26th. She added a personal touch to every single aspect of her party. She carefully reviewed every single detail and was involved in the whole process and planning. She recorded a speech that was played during the reception to thank God, her parents, her family and all her friends who have been part of her life and were there to celebrate with her on that special day. She is a talented girl, very sweet and super beautiful. She is an excellent dancer along with her brothers and cousins. They gave a very impressive improvised show, while all of the sudden they made a circle on the dance floor and stepped up to dance.

These are some of my favorite shots during that day, I'm sure you'll get to see what I just shared with you, only this time, through my images...

Quinceañera in Tucson: Ixayana

Ixayana turned 15 just recently. I had the opportunity to do 'La Previa', the photo-shoot before her Quinceañera and she looked absolutely gorgeous!. I haven't been blogging a lot lately and I wish I could post all of her pictures, in the meantime, I chose my favs to share them with you.

Quinceaños de Miguel Peña: La Previa (The Preview)

I have had the honor of being the photographer of Miguel's XV años celebration . I met Jenny, his mom, a couple of months ago and She shared with me that his son was going to turn 15 in March. They had chosen Miguel's Quince's theme to be The Count of Monte Cristo, like the movie. She wanted something really unique a for his son's party, Since I can't turn off my imagination, although sometimes I try, I got all kinds of ideas.

I wanted to take him up to Mount Lemon and do some shooting in the snow, something different. I wasn't sure what was going to be Jenny and Miguel's reaction, but fortunately, Jenny was excited and Miguel was all for it!. First we started with a photo-shoot which I call "La Previa" that means "The Preview", generally defined as: 'an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future'.... Of course, this time, taking it to a different context.
This is an idea that I've been wanting to introduce as an alternative to the classic slideshow with pictures of the XVñero (a) and his growing years. Just like the concept of "surprise dance" was brought to 'spice-up' the traditional waltz, The 'Movie trailer' brings an exciting surprise to the the guests who are invited to the reception. It's like a little taste of what it's coming, more like "You ain't seen nothing yet" kinda-thing...
People don't know all the things that Miguel had to go through during his photo-shoot and the production of his 'Preview'. We do. We put him to work. Even though he had been at a Quinceañera the previous night and had barely slept, he cooperated and pulled it through. His guests were expecting a sequence of pictures since he was born all the way through his teenage years, but he went a bit farther to give his family and friends a complete and unexpected surprise.

Miguel is definitely a super- super cool guy, not only he is extremely handsome but he is well mannered and loooves his parents. We had a blast during the production of his "Previa-Movie Trailer" and of course, his photo-shoot. I'm going to share some of my favs from the Previa, but keep tuned for the pictures from his Big Day.