Photographer for Graduation

Looking for a local photographer to help take pictures for graduation. I've just graduated from school, and it's about time for me to have some cool, memorable graduation pictures and other misc pictures of myself for personal use. However for this graduation pics & such, hopefully you'd be someone who would be able to help plan photography and stuff to really get the best shots possible, as I don't know stuff such as where I want to shoot, etc... Just looking to get a few good pictures that I can use. You would be someone who has decent experience in photography, angles, background, and other small things that not everyone notices. At the same time, I'm also looking for someone who can charge a good rate, as I don't know how long this project will last as I definitely want to get other pictures besides simply graduation ones. Ideally you would be someone who knows how to take good pictures - period. This is a LOCAL project, so if you're interested please send me as much information as possible and some portfolio examples! I live in the LA area (San Gabriel). So you need to be someone who is nearby. All in all I'm hoping that you would also be someone who I could depend on for photography from time to time. I've been doing e-commerce for a few years and we do plan to focus more on lifestyle content - so if you had some experience shooting lifestyle content for products that'd be great also and I'd love to see that in your portfolio. Thank you for your consideration. When sending portfolio pieces, please send QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY. I'm not trying to sort through your entire portfolio. I just want to see the best that you can offer me ^___^ I look forward to hearing from you & working with you!