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Caitie ~ High School Senior Portraits @ Caltech

Brian Noah — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:30:36 +0000

It was a last minute portrait session. Caitie was graduating from Crescent Valley High School in La Crescenta. Her mom Sunny set up the shoot about a week before graduation… I needed to do a really quick turn-around in order to get graduation announcements out. I don’t usually do that, but I was able to get Caitie’s images edited and ready for print over night.

We set up the Senior Portrait Experience at the Caltech campus in Pasadena. It’s a beautiful campus with a lot of different and great backdrops. The eucalyptus trees were in full aroma(how else could I phrase this?) and the atmosphere was relaxed and perfect for a portrait session. There weren’t too many people at Caltech since class was out, and not much was going on. Sunny was great and assisted me with supporting my lighting equipment.

We had a great time, and we got some great images… I hope you enjoy them.

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Jessica – Senior Portrait Experience ~ Thousand Oaks High School ’10

Brian Noah — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:29:57 +0000

I met Jessica at a Habitat for Humanity gala. She was helping out, and serving appetizers to guests. Her mom asked me to get a few images of her and her boyfriend Jesse by the nice cars… So I did. Upon spending some time with them, I came to find out that they were Seniors at Thousand Oaks High School, and that they needed senior portraits. So, we set something up, and this last week, we went over to Orcutt Ranch.

The lighting was perfect, the location was nearly free of other people, and we got some great shots.For the most part, I was using an off-camera flash set-up to compliment the gorgeous lighting.

Stay tuned for Jesse’s photos…. We got some great ones of him too, and we’ll be going to the Venice Beach skate park for his Senior Portraits as well.

Enjoy:

Give me a call to set up your portrait session…. 818.439.5727

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Jessica – High School Senior Portraits in Tucson

Brian Noah — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:52:47 +0000

It’s an exciting time to be starting out on a new venture. As I wrote before, the High School Senior Portrait market is pretty much completely un-tapped out here in Los Angeles. And since our high school seniors deserve to have a great portrait, and a great experience with the photos and photographer, I’ve decided to do some research, and find out the best ways to reach out, and help shape Los Angeles’ Senior Portrait market into what it can be.

Travis Williams is a Tucson based senior portrait artist, and a friend of mine. I drove out to Tucson to help out with my parents because my dad was coming home from the hospital with a fractured pelvis. I called up Travis to see if he had any photo-shoots that I could help out with. He had a senior session, and asked if I could assist for him. That was the Perfect opportunity to learn first hand what established senior portrait artists were doing. I learned a ton, and I’m looking forward to implementing what I learned during that time. We held the shoot in Downtown Tucson in a parking garage, and it provided an awesome urban backdrop.

I was able to get some shots in, and had a great time…. Here are some of the shots:

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Jeth – Senior Portraits – Chatsworth 2010

Brian Noah — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:31:31 +0000

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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