At-home + Walking some Southwest Park Trails | Austin Family Photographer I last photographed this family in the Fall. This year, we were supposed to have an Extended Family photo session at the University of Texas based around graduation, but I got sick. They were so...
University of Texas – PhD Graduation Photo Session
PhD Graduation Photo Session | Austin Senior Photographer
For this Graduation Photo session on the University of Texas campus, we made sure to hit all the popular spots (The Tower, The Fountain, etc.) And since we met up one early morning after graduation, we had the place mostly to ourselves.
But some of my favorite moments came when we went to her lab building.
The Engineering Education and Research Center (EER) is a gorgeous, window-filled building. And it’s not every photo session that gets to end with liquid nitrogen.
If you’re also graduating from the University of Texas and are interested in having your Senior Photo Session on Campus, check out my tips below.
Tips for College Senior Photo Sessions at the University of Texas:
- Right before Graduation, Campus gets pretty full of photo shoots, so try and plan early or choose off-times for your photos (or be okay with waiting for your turn in front of popular spots)
- Iron your regalia and bring it on a hanger
- You can pose in your full cap and gown, part of your regalia, regular dressy clothes or any combination of the above
- If you have a particular spot on campus that means a lot to you (ex. where you took the majority of your classes), let me know so we can include it in our route
- I’ll send you a list of popular spots before your date so you can give me your top 4 to 5 choices to visit in your hour-long session
- If your family will be in town, we can add-on a mini-family photo session
- If you want to end your session in the Littlefield Fountain – bring some champagne to “pop” as well as a towel for drying off and flip flops to wear for afterwards
- If you’re interested in a group session with some friends, contact me for group pricing
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Please check out some of my favorite images below and contact me if you’d like to book your own College Senior session in Austin, Texas. Explore more Senior sessions on my blog.
Client Feedback and Advice
- What prompted you to have this photo session? I wanted to get professional pictures to remember this accomplishment.
- What do you plan to do with your digital photos? I will print some of them for my family and probably post a few on instagram.
- How did you choose your location for your session? I chose the iconic locations at UT for classic UT grad pictures, but I also wanted to capture my personal experience on campus in my research lab. As a graduate student, I spend most of my time in the research lab and don’t walk around campus much, so I wanted to capture that in my graduate pictures as well.
- What advice would you give to others planning a similar Senior photo session?
I especially love the pictures from my lab. I would advise other PhDs to make it personal and have some ideas/props ready to display your project. It helps to have example pictures.
- Anything else you’d like to add about working with Stephanie Friedman Photography?It was great working with you Stephanie! You are very easy to talk to and make the photoshoot fun!
- Can you share some details about what’s happening in the lab photos? My dissertation thesis focused on developing an electrospun wrap to improve bone healing. All of the items I was playing with were parts of how I fabricated the wraps. The big orange box is an electrospinning box where we apply electric charge to our materials to spin it into a mat that is made of micro-scale fibers, kind of like fabric. The syringe with multiple needles is a custom made electrospinning syringe to spin multiple jets at the same time. The gross tissue I was holding was small intestine. We use small intestine as a material in our wrap to help guide the body to make more blood vessels that will help bone regeneration and healing. The big hood that I was working in with a pipette is a biosafety cabinet (BSC). We use it to work with cells and bacteria in a sterile environment (to protect us and the cells). The big tank that sprayed up a bunch of white smoke was a liquid nitrogen tank. We use this to freeze samples very quickly to preserve their structure. The liquid nitrogen is -196C, so when it hits room temperature air, it vaporizes instantaneously. Once the container gets cold enough, a liquid will start to collect that we can submerge our samples in to freeze them.
3. Personalized Photo Banner: Hang in a doorway or above a food or drinks table
Slideshow or Digital Picture Frame: You can also load a slideshow of your favorite digital images to play during your Graduation Party. Incorporate photos back from your kindergarten days to make everyone feel sentimental.
