Walt Trepashko has been a photographer for 25 years – the last 17 of them in his family portrait studio on Lake and Mariposa right here in Altadena.
This native of New York City and Long Island got his early professional experience at the New York Daily News. He worked in Washington, D.C., with ABC television news for four years and then worked as a photographer in television production for seven years.
In 1994, he opened the doors of his Altadena studio. Walt and his freelance associates photograph weddings and special events as well as portrait work, including family portraits, of course. Walt especially enjoys photographing parents with their children (and he offers that as a tip for getting the little ones to smile for their pictures: get in the photos with your children).
Walt and his staff also shoot quinceañeras, bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs, as well as corporate events, and they do publicity photos. Copy and, especially, photo restoration work represents a large–and growing–segment of Walt’s business, and Photography by Walt also offers a large selection of frames and albums in all price ranges.
But it isn’t just professional, beautiful portraits and special-event photography that emerge from Photography by Walt. At Walt’s family portrait studio at the corner of Lake and Mariposa, you can get your passport photo taken, professionally lit, for the same price you’d pay if you went to the Auto Club or a drugstore or the packing and shipping store.
Whether you need an affordable 8 x 10 photo print or a passport photo, the major advantage to coming here, says Walt, is portrait lighting–lighting that flatters the face. In flash photography, the flash creates shine, shadows and wrinkles. Walt’s studio offers portrait lighting and the chance to get photos taken just as quickly and inexpensively as at those other places, but with better looking results.
by Lizze Slocum
Walt Trepashko has been a photographer for 25 years – the last 17 of them in his family portrait studio on Lake and Mariposa right here in Altadena.
This native of New York City and Long Island got his early professional experience at the New York Daily News. He worked in Washington, D.C., with ABC television news for four years and then worked as a photographer in television production for seven years.
Walt and his staff also shoot quinceañeras, bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs, as well as corporate events, and they do publicity photos. Copy and, especially, photo restoration work represents a large–and growing–segment of Walt’s business, and Photography by Walt also offers a large selection of frames and albums in all price ranges.
But it isn’t just professional, beautiful portraits and special-event photography that emerge from Photography by Walt. At Walt’s family portrait studio at the corner of Lake and Mariposa, you can get your passport photo taken, professionally lit, for the same price you’d pay if you went to the Auto Club or a drugstore or the packing and shipping store.
Whether you need an affordable 8 x 10 photo print or a passport photo, the major advantage to coming here, says Walt, is portrait lighting–lighting that flatters the face. In flash photography, the flash creates shine, shadows and wrinkles. Walt’s studio offers portrait lighting and the chance to get photos taken just as quickly and inexpensively as at those other places, but with better looking results.