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MichaelMPerez.com Photography - Ysania

Pretty much since the beginning of 2013, I haven’t really been focusing on shooting models. They still ask but most of the time I just send them to my site and I never hear from them again (LOL, that’s because I send them so they can see my rates). I’m sure they can find a great photographer on MM, OMP, etc. I’ve also been focused more on weddings and engagements.

With HTH just around the corner, I decided to email Ysania to make sure this year she got into the contest, because I always wondered why in the four years since I’ve known her, she never submitted. Anyways, we started sending messages back and forth and when she asked me if I could shoot with her tomorrow (which was the 24th of May), I immediately said yes, knowing perfectly well I had another shoot scheduled the day she wanted to shoot, so I emailed that client and rescheduled it for next week.

Anyways, this was going to be a long blog posting but upon further reflection all I will say is I was super ass rusty at shooting models, and the photos only turned out great because of Ysania.

As always, when photos are edited they will be posted on this page.  Enjoy!

 

 



How to begin…… …honestly, this probably was my favorite wedding to shoot the past two years.  During the day, there was action, drama, romance, comedy…you name it, it was in Paul and Mary’s wedding/reception.  Though I have never done it but have seen it, their wedding reminded me of a Tough Mudder event – both of them having to go through all these obstacles throughout the day to finally get where they wanted to be, and in the end the most important thing was they were happy.  There are things that test everyone at every wedding, but in the end the most important thing is you married the one you love, and that’s what happened with Paul and Mary, they got married and they have people that truly care about them.  Everything else is a story for down the road.

Though I was only the photographer for the wedding, I would like to thank the cool people at the end of the day for bringing so many smiles to Paul and Mary’s face…oh and by the way, I can thank anyone I want because this is my freaking blog :) .  I’m not talking about the gang of people that walked in soaking wet with orange towels on their heads after they came back from the pool, LOL!  I’m talking about the ones that stayed and told some hilarious stories about Paul and Mary, including Paul and Mary themselves.

There’s a quote that goes:

“There are still some wonderful people left in this world!  They are diamonds in the rough, but they’re around!  You’ll find them when you fall down – they’re the ones who pick you up, who don’t judge, and you have to fall down to see them.  When you get up again, remember who your true friends are!” ~ C. Jobell C.

The people at the end of the day in their suite remind me of this quote.  Best wishes to the best bride and groom I’ve had the pleasure to work in the last two years!  More photos to be uploaded daily!



I was waiting @ the Las Vegas Sign with Elvis (yes Elvis is alive and comes in many shapes and colors!) when we both saw a bride and groom all dolled up walking towards us.  The first thing both Elvis and I thought was “No way could this be Jackie and Dustin”, as we were expecting a couple in t-shirts and shorts.  But in fact it was Jackie and Dustin!  We were stoked, at least I was because when a bride and groom dress up for their renewal, they’re alway fun to shoot!!!  Both of them really enjoyed the renewal ceremony and I got to take a ton of photos of them including with Mario and Luigi and even Jack Sparrow!  What I loved about them was they were so laid back and were up for trying anything, and I even got them @ the fountain @ The Forom Shops @ Caesars Palace (you’ll see in the photos below!  They were a great fun couple to work with :)

As always, additional photos will be uploaded daily as they are completed.  Enjoy!


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Jamie called me a while back from Chicago, IL.  She was planning on coming to Vegas with her boyfriend Tyler and wanted to get photos around the city.  She promptly paid me and then I never heard from her again…until the actual day of the photo session.  This is funny because most people who book a session with me are contacting me every one or two weeks.  With Jamie, I was in panic mode as I didn’t know if she was going to show up, etc, LOL!

In any case, the day finally arrived and she texted me to confirm our shoot.  I was relieved, but also a slight dilemma.  A day or so before, I crashed on my bike while looking at text messages (yes stupid I know) on my iPhone and fractured my right clavicle.  It was difficult for me to hold up the camera, but somehow I had to make it work.

Halfway through the session, I started feeling intense pain every time I lifted my camera to my eye.  That’s when I could not control the explicatives.  Thank goodness Jamie and Tyler understood.

We finally ended at Palazzo after hitting the Bellagio, Ceasar’s Palace trail.  Jamie and Tyler were super awesome to take photos of.  I hardly had to give them any direction.  They were really into each other and that made my job so easy!  Hope you enjoy the photos!


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Got a call from Jennifer Lai who is the CEO of Massive Enterprises.  They had a billboard image showing on the jumbotron @ Fashion Show Mall and needed someone to get images of it as well as the jumbotron itself.  Since I had been working on wedding images all morning, I thought I could take a break and take photos of it for them.  Below are some of the images taken.  Great company to work for!


So yesterday, I posted about 30+ variations of one photo of Corrine.   Here are the other images taken (there are a ton more but I won’t be able to finish them all today as I’m about to head to LA).  Her mom Sharon is a hoot, and again it was great working with Corrine.  More images later this week!  Have a great day everyone!


Last week was a really really busy week for me.  Had two extra pups in the house, had to cover and shoot Miss and Mr Little Nevada while Toddlers and Tiaras from TLC was filming, then of course AVN was in town this past weekend and shot the awards show and then did two private shoots with some female adult actresses.  Oh and I took photos of burgers and other entree’s at a new food joint.  It’s funny because all the images I took for all the events are not “postable”, meaning I do not have permission to post the items.  But they eventually will be posted by various venues and I definitely got paid!

What else?  Oh I added live video to RuffHousingLV.com, so now when I’m anywhere with dogs I’m taking care of, I can send the owner a live video feed if they want me to :)   That’s pretty cool, I think.

The video below is just a BTS clip @ the Miss and Mr Little Nevada where for some reason, a shirtless man was walking around, LOL!

Ok, time to edit a ton more photos.  Have a great week everyone!

 

 


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Tony Foxx

Tony Foxx is a parrot on a Pirate Ship, I mean he plays one at the Treasure Island boat show right outside of the hotel here in Vegas.  I have never seen a parrot as cut as he is though, LOL.  That long legged chick that’s holding the light above his head is literally twice as tall as he is, and her name is Sara Gayoso.  I like taking photos of her more than Tony but it was Tony’s time.

This will be my first posting for 2013.  As much as I like Tony, I’d rather be shooting models that look like Sara more than him.  Have a wonderful 2013 everyone!  Be safe and happy!

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Wow, though I haven’t worked with Ysania in about 2 years, she’s still hot as ever!  This was a rather quick shoot, she just wanted some photos of herself to put up on Facebook.  I ended up using her for my Facebook cover photo as well.  Still one of the nicest models I’ve ever worked with.  Hope you all like the photos, I’ll post more some time after the new year when I’ve caught up with all the weddings/photo shoots, etc.

Have a wonderful 2013!

 


My mind is really going, lmao!  I did a photo shoot with a family at a park in mid-November 2012, bur for the life of me I can not remember their names! Their little boy (I will call him Giuseppe – I’m 100% sure that’s not his name as I would never forget anyone named that) was cute though, but always wanted to sit on a big boulder.  So here are a few images of him and a boulder, and one with his mom and dad :)


Hello!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, I’m hoping to get caught up with my blog in the next two weeks but with photo shoots and traveling to LA and eating :) , I”m sure everyone’s behind a little bit.  In any case, I posted the video above which contains all the images below on Facebook a while back but then a few relatives asked why it wasn’t on my web site so now here it is.  So all of you related to me who don’t have a Facebook account and want images of yourselves, you can get them here!

Happy holidays!!!