Welcome, Class of 2025!
Why do graduation portraits?
Graduation is an important milestone and achievement - it is the culmination of your college experience, the most memorable times of our young lives. There were times we were crippled by workloads and haunted by deadlines. Too many times we saw the sun rise and cast rays of light across your incomplete assignments. And we met the best of friends and made memories that will last forever.
Graduation portrait sessions are best way to celebrate your achievements, now that you're in your last few months of college and the end is right around the corner.
I’ve worked with hundreds of PhD, masters, and undergraduate graduates since 2014 on documenting their achievements and telling their unique stories. It’s an absolute privilege to bring hundreds of ideas to life every year! I look forward to the spring graduation season every year.
I offer a variety of photography packages designed around each of your specific needs - individual sessions, extended large group sessions, and my most popular package, couples sessions.
The Experience.
My grad sessions are imaginative and timeless.
I strive to provide a unique experience for you and tell your story with a photo gallery you’ll find nowhere else.
Every graduate has a different story and you’re no exception. I aim to capture your personality and quirks in your session, My galleries are carefully curated to be special and unique to you.
My work is timeless. There are many photography trends that become popular one year and go out of fashion in the next (for example, many social media trends quickly become cliché). While I do pay attention to what’s desirable today, I aim to create work that will remain distinct and eye-catching many years from now.
I’ve been a graduation portrait session specialist since 2013. Since then, I’ve had the pleasure of capturing the stories of thousands of graduates and I can’t wait to tell yours!
COVID-19 Update - Bookings are open!
Bookings are now open!
During your grad session, I will wear a mask, have hand sanitizer and wipes available, and adhere to 6-ft social distancing guidelines.
All consultations are now virtual until further notice.
I was fully vaccinated on 4/6/2021.
If your campus is currently closed, we can schedule your grad session at a nearby location of your choice.
Featured Graduates
SoCal Locations:
I’ve photographed graduating seniors at colleges all over California, especially at USC and UCLA. My most popular locations are:
University of Southern California (USC)
UC Los Angeles (UCLA)
UC Irvine (UCI)
UC San Diego (UCSD)
UC Santa Barbara (UCSB)
UC Riverside (UCR)
Loyola Marymount University (LMU)
CSU Fullerton (CSUF)
CSU Long Beach (CSULB)
CSU Los Angeles (CSULA)
CSU Northridge (CSUN)
Chapman University
Cal Poly Pomona (CPP)
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly SLO)
Claremont Colleges
Occidental College
Your Grad Session includes:
Consultation session. During your consultation call, I will ask questions vision and any information I need to provide you a custom proposal. I’m more than happy to answer any questions you have about graduation at this time.
Custom Proposal: After we have completed our consultation call, I will prepare you a customized proposal based on discussions. Your proposal will include sample galleries and additional information that will help you make a decision on you’d like to proceed with booking a session with me.
Session planning. Once you’ve booked, we’ll correspond via email, phone to formulate to help me understand your vision for your grad portraits and create your unique experience.
Session Day! Finally, it’s your graduation portrait session day! Your shoot will proceed as planned.
Digital Delivery. Full curated galleries have a turnaround time of 3-4 weeks, and will contain your full gallery of edited photos, with high resolution digital downloads available.
All photos I deliver are fully edited and available to be downloaded! It’s 2023 and I don’t believe in selling print only packages.
Ready to book?
Please fill out my form below and I will get back to as soon as possible!
If you don't hear back from me within 1-2 days, please contact me directly at nick(at)nickliephotography(dot)com.