Albany Graduation Night Portraits

Earlier this month I photographed Albany for her official graduation photos. We also made it into a partial family session too. During that shoot she was obviously wearing her graduation gown and the photos turned out amazing. If you haven’t already, make sure you check out my previous posts to see highlights from that session.

This time around, I was tasked to photograph Albany and some of her closest friends just before they Graduation Dinner. She decided on the Marina as the backdrop and it did end up working out well, although we did have to improvise a bit. Just as we all arrived it starting to rain very hard so we, and everyone else, were forced to go in the Mariners Hall beside Bight Restaurant. Luckily, there was enough window light in there, and after moving around some tables and chairs, we managed to get a lot of the group and individual photos done. Keep in mind, a lot of other grads were trying to do the same thing, so we didn’t have a lot of space to work with!

Soon enough, the rain stopped and the clouds parted so we headed back outside to capture some outdoor photos. It was actually nice to have a mix of indoor and outdoor photos. It goes to show you, that you always have to be ready to adapt to any situation as a photographer. From what I heard the next day at the BBQ, Albany and all of her friends had a great time celebrating their graduation.

Albany + Sophie Graduation Portraits

I have actually been doing a lot of graduation photos as of late and I am looking forward to more in the coming weeks. For this session I actually had two graduates to photograph and both were family, which made it extra special. Sophie is graduating Grade 8 and Albany is graduation high school and off to McMaster next year, which is super exciting. Their parents also joined us for the session so it was also a bit of a family session as well, which was perfect.

We started in on Cooke Street where all the beautiful graffiti walls are painted. I figured it would be a nice backdrop for the first portion of the session. Plus there is the street there as well, which isn’t busy at night and it gives off a nice urban vibe. After spending about 30 minutes there we went for an opposite feel and headed down to the Marina. Walking down the trail and stopping here and there made for a very casual and relaxed shoot.

It was an hour session but it went by so fast. I was glad I could help capture such an important time in both Sophie and Albany’s life. Hopefully they will be able to look back on these photos fondly!