Jeth – Senior Portraits – Chatsworth 2010

You know how they say that no-one is actually FROM Los Angeles? I’m one of the few that can actually say that I was born and raised in L.A. I grew up in Woodland Hills in the San Fernando Valley. When I was 10 my family moved to Tucson Arizona. I lived there until I was 20, when I moved back to L.A. I now live about 2  miles from the house where I grew up. I went to High-school in Tucson. I graduated, got a class ring, and ad my Senior Portraits taken. I in fact had two senior portraits. One in studio that my school required for me to take if I wanted my photo in the yearbook, and my REAL senior portraits. The ones on which my parents spent a lot of money, bought a nice big framed print, and sent to my relatives. I figured that this was standard procedure. As it turns out, it seems that every state in our great country has the tradition of getting REAL senior portraits, EXCEPT for California!

I know this sounds ridiculous, but it’s true! I’ve talked to a few seniors about this, and they had no idea that the studio session, with the boring, 1 pose, shot wasn’t what the rest of the country did. When I talked to them about doing senior portraits they weren’t interested. I though to myself, what’s wrong with them? They don’t want photos that they’ll actually like? Photos that they’ll enjoy taking, and not feel uncomfortable with all the big photography gear and the studio Where they’re just a number, and they have to pay $30 for a portrait that they won’t love? I didn’t get it. But upon further review, I found out that the senior portraits that I was used to weren’t at all part of the market out here in L.A.!

So I have started a very tough endeavor. I need to educate L.A.’s seniors(and Juniors) about the REAL senior portraits. So I started off with Jeth. She’s my friend’s little sister, and has 15 weeks of school left before she graduates. We went to Orcutt Ranch for the Senior Photos, and brought along her friend Flo, who is also graduating shortly. We had a great time, and spent about an hour and a half taking photos. Jeth and Flo were awesome, and the session went flawlessly. Check out the photos below, and leave some love in the comments section.

Enjoy!

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