Photography Services

Your decision to hire one of our CEO students helps to create economic stability for both an emerging young entrepreneur and our community-based programs that support over 400 teen girls annually. When a Las Fotos Project CEO is hired, she/they is given the opportunity to expand her creative talents on the job, while earning an income for herself and her family.

We appreciate your interest in hiring our CEO students! At the moment, we are not able to travel further than a 20 mile radius from LA.

Yes, when our students are hired for a job they are compensated at an hourly rate ranging from $17 to $30 depending on the project. Our mentors are also compensated at an hourly rate for the time they spend on the job training and supporting students ranging from $21 to $33.

Yes, we are able to take on a limited amount of event photography jobs for free each month to people who demonstrate a financial barrier in paying for our services. Please fill out this form 60 days before your scheduled event and our CEOs will review your request. They will make a decision about your request 30 days before your event date, and we will reach out to you directly about whether or not we can offer photography services for free

Each semester, we have 24 students enrolled in our CEO training class. Over the last two years, 52 students have completed our program.

A social enterprise tries to meet a need or solve a social problem by using a business approach. By choosing to hire our CEO students, you play a role in solving the problem of a creative industry being primarily male-dominated. You support a young entrepreneur as they begin their career in the creative industry.

You can always request a student by name for your photography needs. If you feel strongly about hiring a student directly, we strongly recommend that you reach out to Helen at ceo@lasfotosproject.org as your point of contact to help make an introduction between you and the student.

Our mentors are all professionals in the creative industry, we have mentors who freelance and shoot community events, mentors who own their own studio, mentors who are employed with agencies and shoot for clients like Vogue, Huffington Post, and LA Times, and mentors who have an extensive fine art portfolio. Mentors are invited to join Las Fotos because they are not only passionate about photography but most importantly they believe in investing in youth through creating strong relationships.

Half of your service fee provides compensation to students and their mentors for their time on the job and in post-production editing photos. Students receive financial literacy training to learn how to responsibly manage their income. A portion of your service fee also cycles back into our organization which provides free photography mentoring programming to teen girls across Los Angeles, including our CEO program.

Creative Entrepreneurship Opportunities or CEO is the social enterprise arm of Las Fotos Project that allows our organization to earn revenue and fund our photography mentorship programs which are offered for free to teen girls enrolled in our year-round programming. CEO offers a variety of avenues to support both the organization and our teen photographers seeking to master their creative talents such as: photography services, photography education curriculum & facilitation, workshops, image licensing and more.

The heart of Las Fotos Project continues to be our signature photography program with mentorship classes like Esta Soy Yo, Digital Promotoras, and the CEO training class that are offered year-round to teen girls across Los Angeles. CEO is just one arm of Las Fotos Project’s social enterprise that also includes The Foto Studio, The Foto Shop, image licensing, and venue rentals.

Our CEO training class is the learning and training lab for our CEO student photographers who are hired by people like you! Through weekly classes, our CEO student photographers gain mastery of their photographic technical skills, build their portfolios and work with professional photographers to gain valuable feedback on their photography skills. The CEO training class also offers CEO student photographers with valuable professional and life skills such as financial literacy and professional skills such as networking, negotiating and resume building.

All of our CEO students are accompanied by an adult mentor who has professional experience in photography and creative industries. These mentors guide CEO students in capturing the spirit of your event, the highlights from your photobooth, the strongest headshots, and fun family portraits. The more detailed information you provide, the more equipped your photographers will be to document your event and needs!

Email us at ceo@lasfotosproject.org