Four years of college.
One afternoon to keep them.
Cap and gown at the landmarks that defined your four years — the sign, the steps, the quad, the place you actually spent your time. We walk campus with you, stop by stop, and deliver photos worth framing, in time for graduation.
Mini $79 · Group $149 per student by Dec 31 · Individual $349
Pick the session that fits
Every session includes a private gallery to share with family, every image in high resolution, and 3–6 favorites fully retouched.
Mini session
The classic cap-and-gown shot, done properly. One location, in and out between classes.
- One location of your choice
- Private, shareable gallery
- 3–6 retouched favorites
Group session
Round up your friends. We walk the route together and take individual portraits of each of you at every stop — you all save time and money.
- Individual portraits at every stop
- Pre-planned campus route
- Each student gets their own gallery
- 3–6 retouched favorites each
Individual session
Your session, your pace. Change outfits as often as you like, add or skip locations, and take the time to get the shots you actually want.
- As many outfits and looks as you like
- Change locations any time
- Private, shareable gallery
- 3–6 retouched favorites
Every campus has its spots
Pick your school to see the route we walk: the landmarks everyone wants, in an order that keeps you moving instead of waiting in line.
Penn State · University Park
01The Penn State entrance sign
Corner of Porter Road and Park Avenue. The first shot everyone wants, and the easiest place to start.
02Beaver Stadium
From the side clear of construction. Big, bold and unmistakable.
03The “We Are” sculpture
Across from the IM Building, near Curtin Road and University Drive.
04Old Main
The lawn in the middle of campus — the classic Penn State backdrop.
05The Nittany Lion Shrine
Beside Rec Hall on the west side of campus. Expect a line in May; we plan around it.
06The Arboretum
Park Avenue and Bigler Road. Flowers, paths and softer light to finish the day.
Drexel · University City, Philadelphia
01Mario the Magnificent
The bronze dragon at 33rd and Market. If you posed with him as a freshman, we will recreate the shot.
The railway bridge on Market Street
Drexel’s blue-and-gold bridge over Market — a very Philadelphia backdrop.
Gateway Garden
32nd and Market, with the city skyline on one side and the bridge on the other.
04Main Building
In through Perelman Plaza, past the entrance with Drexel’s name on it. Clean and classic.
05The Great Court
Inside Main Building: the marble staircase and the Great Court. Perfect when the weather isn’t.
Lancaster Walk
The Rush Alumni Garden at 3301 Lancaster Avenue, with its fountain and the Drexel Book sculpture.
Temple · Main Campus, Philadelphia
01The Bell Tower
The Temple icon. It is lit at night, and every side of it gives you a different backdrop.
The Owl at O’Connor Plaza
The bronze owl with the water wall behind it — the most photographed spot on campus.
03Charles Library
Wooden arches and glass. The most modern backdrop at Temple.
Polett Walk Gate
The gateway that welcomed you in, and now sends you off.
Liacouras Walk
The main path through campus, lined with the buildings you know.
06Broad Street and City Hall
City Hall at the end of Broad Street. We shoot it safely between the lights — never in traffic.
Syracuse · Main Campus
01The Hall of Languages
The first building on campus, from 1873. We start at the bottom of the hill on Waverly Avenue with the Syracuse University sign in frame — and shoot around the Remembrance Wall, never on it.
02The Quad
The center of everything, and where the celebrating happens.
03Crouse College
The castle on the hill, with its staircase and stained glass.
04Hendricks Chapel
The domed chapel on the Quad.
05The JMA Wireless Dome
Once the Carrier Dome, and the backdrop to a lot of your Saturdays.
06Thornden Park
A short walk off campus: the rose garden, for color and softer light.
Rider · Lawrenceville, New Jersey
01The campus entrance
The landscaped entrance on Lawrenceville Road — the first frame of the day.
02Moore Library
Tulips along the library in spring, and the lawn out front.
Kaplan Plaza
Between Lynch Adler and Bierenbaum Fisher halls, among the engraved alumni bricks.
04Alumni Gymnasium
One of the first buildings on the Lawrenceville campus — brick, historic and full of character.
The gazebo and the lake
Water, greenery and quieter light, away from the busier paths.
Order can change with crowds, weather and construction, and some spots are occasionally closed off. We confirm your route the week before, and do our best to get to every one.
Pick your campus, then your time
Session weekends run March 1 – April 18. Each campus gets one or two: we shoot on Thursday and Friday, and hold that Saturday and Sunday as rain dates — so once you’re booked, keep the weekend free. Sessions are paid in full to confirm; we check your time and send a payment link.
What to bring
Cap, gown and tassel, plus any stoles, cords or Greek letters you've earned.
Two or three outfits. One formal — a dress, or a suit and tie — and one relaxed: jeans and a favorite sweatshirt is perfect.
A touch-up kit. Makeup, hair products, a mirror. There's no time to run back to the dorm for the lipstick you forgot.
Comfortable shoes for walking between stops. Switch into dress shoes right before the shot.
Water. It's a long afternoon, and you'll be talking and smiling the whole way.
Steam your gown the night before. Creases from the bag show up in every single photo.
Questions parents ask
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Photo credits
The Penn State photographs are ours, from a spring senior session. Images for Drexel, Temple, Syracuse and Rider are placeholders from Wikimedia Commons until we have shot there, used under the licenses below.
- Mario the Magnificent by Sebastian Weigand — CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped
- Main Building - Drexel University (53590618820) by ajay_suresh — CC BY 2.0, cropped
- Main Building - Drexel University - IMG 7336 — Public domain
- Temple University Bell Tower in winter by ImagineerJC — CC0
- Charles Library winter jeh by Jim.henderson — CC BY 4.0, cropped
- City Hall Philadelphia From North Broad by AmPartnership — CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
- Hall of Languages (April 2022) by Kiran891 — CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
- Hendricks Chapel, north side and Shaw quad in the background, Syracuse University (2012) by Idawriter — CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped
- Crouse College, Syracuse University — Public domain
- Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University, 2012 by Justing — CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped
- JMA Dome and Archbold Gym at Syracuse University by Kiran891 — CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
- Thornden-Park-Rose-Garden-2016-07 by DASonnenfeld — CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
- Rider University Broncs by David Keddie — CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
- Franklin F. Moore Library by David Keddie — CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
- Alumni Gymnasium Exterior (Rider) by Gregory Koch — CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
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