“I met my mentor through a website called Model Mayhem and he blew me away after our first shoot,” says Solmaz Saberi, a Los Angeles-based photographer and director with over a decade of experience in fashion, beauty and entertainment. Solmaz started out as a make up artist and to build her book, started to shoot models for herself. She has a genuine passion for fashion photography that started out when she was really young. Her portfolio is characterized by bright hues, bold poses and glamorous fashion.

This video is part of InFrame, an online documentary series produced by Format and Bas Berkhout. Each video makes up the collection of intimate shorts follows a talented creative individual from the Format community, profiling their unique path to success. Format is a portfolio website builder that prides itself in making it easy to build a professional portfolio website without learning to code.