California Summer

Written By Aram K

California Summer is a retro-inspired fashion story built around color, movement, coastal light, and the feeling of a golden Southern California summer.

The shoot was created as both still photography and motion, so the day constantly moved between photographing frames and filming small moments. The goal was to bring back a 1970s California mood without making it feel like a costume piece — bright sun, vintage styling, warm color, and a modern fashion edge.

We wanted the story to feel relaxed, cinematic, and alive. Less like a posed fashion shoot, and more like a summer memory caught between stills and film.

Model: Summer

Aram K

Aram K. is a Professional Fashion & Portrait Photographer, Cinematographer & DI Film Colorist with over 15 years in the industry. His work includes fashion magazine covers and publications such as Vogue, ELLE, Maxim, ALLURE, and many others. Rated as one of the top San Diego Fashion Photographers by multiple publications. His film and DI Color projects include platforms such as Amazon Prime, Netflix, HBO, Nickelodeon, Fox, etc. He specializes in Fashion & Portrait Photography, Campaign, and Editorials, Modeling Portfolios and Lifestyle Photography, Music Videos, Advertisements, Commercials, Documentaries, Short & Feature Films. Creator of Origami Film LUTs, one of the most top-selling Cinematic Film LUT’s & Presets. Currently working on Educations Series for Davinci Resolve and Fashion Photography Classes.

https://www.aramkay.com