Sanika is brilliant, beautiful and full of smiles. I loved everything about photographing Sanika’s senior portraits. This Class of 2017 soon to be graduate is a senior at Orange County School of the Arts. For those of my readers who don’t know what that is, OCSA is basically a school for the very best artists. And Sanika is one of those very best! Specializing in creative writing, she spends her days dreaming of how she will put pen to page and let loose her creativity.

Sanika has always been a creative person since childhood and she loves all sorts of art forms! She describes herself as a painter, a Bollywood dancer and a writer. When she was in the 2nd grade, Sanika’s class had a poetry assignment and her teacher liked the poem so much she decided to submit it into a poetry competition at school and she won! From there on she developed a love to write and have been entering and winning in local competitions and international ones; my most recent awards are the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards in which she won 1 gold, 2 silvers, and 3 honorable mentions for her writing works. With big dreams of going to UCLA one day, this young girl is going to take the world by storm.

For Sanika’s senior portraits, we ventured all around Fullerton getting a variety of backdrops to match her glamorous outfit choices. We started with her favorite piece of clothing in her closet which is a black and gold lengha; a lengha is a traditional Indian dress that consists of a cropped blouse and long pleated skirt. Women will wear this sort of dress for special Indian occasions like weddings and parties, but Sanika especially loves this dress because it makes her feel like a princes and her grandmother gave it to her. I love that we started her senior portrait shoot with something so beautiful and special.

The rest of Sanika’s senior pictures followed with equally gorgeous clothing choices, in fun locations all over Fullerton. She would describe her style as feminine, modern and avant-garde, and I really think this shoot highlights her personal style.

Enjoy the beautiful photos of the gorgeous Sanika.