Last weekend Eric & I had the pleasure (scratch that)…lovely challenge of photographing a whole group of crazy fun teenagers for Julissa’s sweet 16 pre-party bash!  We headed out to hit the streets of downtown Tucson for some urban yumminess.  And boy did we find it.  As Eric & I scouted out the location within the parking garage we were greeted by security as we had set off the surveillance sensors on the upper deck! ***SWEET*** Wouldn’t be a shoot without doing so now would it?.  I guess we have to have a permit to use the upper deck but not the lower two floors.  And thankfully this little spot of goodness was located just above ground level…so we soaked it up.  Although this image might seem quite simple to orchestrate…your dead wrong.  You try getting 16 teenagers to all pose straight on to the camera with no ‘diva’ or ‘GQ’ attidudes….it’s rough! And for them to NOT talk while doing so.  But we wooooorked it out and this was basically the only shot where all of them did their job. Woo hoo…that’s all it takes and we couldn’t be happier with the results.


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  1. liz ok i cant wait to see more this was a teaser. bet you'll never do a sweet 16 again lol :))))

  2. julissa ahhh! this is amazing! i cant wait to see the rest of the photos! thank u casia and eric! u guys r amazing!

  3. Casia Na....we LOVE a challenge :) Then we can say 'We did that!!!'.

  4. Liora wow!!!!!! i really want to see more of these.

  5. Amy What a great teaser! Your hard work paid off. It's beautiful. I love the colors & composition. I can't wait to see the rest!

  6. Roxy Great photo Casia!!! You are my hero for being able to get 16 teenagers to do ANYTHING at the same time!

  7. Channon can't wait to see more! I love teenagers!

  8. Cris Sweetness...we look really awesome, can't wait to see them all...

  9. Erin now that i've heard the backstory, i like the pic even more! way to rock it!

  10. john pascale Bamm! Love it! I wonder how long it took to get 16...16 year olds to stand still long enough to take that shot? Nice work

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