Choosing the right format for your grad photos can be a tough decision, especially if you’re not very familiar with film and analog photography. In this guide, I offer side by side comparisons and examples of different conditions that may fit one medium better than another.

Three things that go great together: film photos, Appalachian mountains, and dreamy grad pics with your bestie.

Graduation is the perfect time to invest in beautiful portraits with your whole squad! Back in Spring of 2024, upcoming Duke graduate Nidhi reached out to me to get photos of her and her three best friends. The four girls had met in various way across their time as undergrads at Duke University and were thrilled at the idea of taking photos across campus and the Gardens before they all left for various new cities, schools, and jobs.

I’ve been working with Matt and Jesa for over five years now, photographing their family every November/December as they grow from a married couple to dog parents to proud parents of two beautiful twin boys. We often work together for holiday photos, but as 2024 brought the gift of their two sons, we’ve luckily been seeing a lot more of each other.

In the early Spring of 2024, I worked with sewist and textile artist Katya Yegorov-Crate for their sustainable clothing and art business, Cat Katya Tongue?