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Graduation Photography

Cap and gown portraits on campus or in the city, plus the family frames afterwards.

Graduation sessions are short, specific and easy to get wrong by leaving something out. Four things get asked for afterwards every time: the regalia frames, the diploma folder, the sign or the building with the school's name on it, and a set without the gown. We shoot all four as standard rather than have you come back.

Where it happens matters. A campus gives you the stone, the ivy and the lawn, which is what most families picture. The city gives you bridges, the river and the loop behind every frame, which is what a lot of graduates actually want. We have shot both and either works. A walking session through downtown covers more ground than people expect in an hour.

We also make sure there are frames with the people who paid for it. Parents, grandparents, the friend who was in every study group. Those are the ones that get printed, and they are the ones most often forgotten until everyone has already gone home.

What is included

  • Full regalia coverage including cap, gown, hood, stole and cords
  • The diploma folder, the school sign and the building, so the gallery says where it happened
  • A set without the gown, at the same location and in the same light
  • Family and friend combinations, shot before everyone disperses

How it works

  1. Campus or city Stone and lawns, or bridges and the skyline. Both work.
  2. Bring the regalia Cap, gown, hood, cords, and an outfit for the set without it.
  3. Walk it We move between three or four looks inside the hour.
  4. Deliver Edited gallery, ready for announcements and print.

From the graduations collection

Two graduates in gowns in front of an ivy covered university building
Two graduates walking across a campus lawn in their gowns
A graduate smiling on campus in her gown
Two graduates standing on a stone bridge over a pond
Graduates throwing their caps behind the Chicago Booth sign
A graduate hugging her classmate beneath the trees

See the whole graduations collection

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