A Venice Portrait Session That the City Styled Itself

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Full-length portrait of a young woman in a black top and distressed jeans smiling in front of a colorful heart graffiti mural wall in Los Angeles, California, portrait photography by Kiki Polo Photography  Close-up headshot of a young woman with long dark hair, delicate drop earrings, and a gold necklace against a colorful painted mural wall in Los Angeles, California, portrait photography by Kiki Polo Photography  Three-quarter portrait of a young woman with long dark hair and green earrings smiling against a colorful mural wall in West Los Angeles, California, portrait photography by Kiki Polo Photography   Santa Monica headshot portrait photographer Kiki Polo Photography

Some sessions plan themselves. This one did.

My client wanted headshots that did not feel like headshots. Professional but not stiff. Something she could actually use on LinkedIn without cringing at it six months later.

We landed on Venice. I always land on Venice.

The mural wall was not the plan. We walked past it and that was it. We shot close-up headshots there, then three-quarter frames, then full-length. Then moved to a second spot with more green for something softer.

Los Angeles does this. You just have to show up and pay attention.

The carousel on Instagram shows how different each frame feels while still reading as one session. That range is the whole point. One shoot, and she walked away with a LinkedIn photo, a website header, and something real for social.

I shoot portraits and headshots on location throughout West Los Angeles, including Santa Monica, Venice, Beverly Hills, and Malibu. Reach out through the contact page when you are ready.