Face it, it’s April. There is no more denying the inevitable. Enjoy your senior week, last-minute spontaneous trips to Devil’s Den and that stupid DNA bridge, and get ready to prepare for the ultimate funeral of fun: graduation.
There are three constants in this world: Death, taxes and girls taking pictures in white dresses for graduation.
Graduation pictures are a staple of the college life cycle. They are a great way to express the love you have for your school, and at the same time hide your overwhelming sadness and fear you have that comes from leaving everything you’ve come to know the past four years (five if you’re an engineer and 10 if you’re Rob Fregosi). Nothing says “Go Gators!” like taking a picture in front of bronze Albert and Alberta.
Via: Gator Zone
These pictures do serve a purpose. They allow you to explore campus one last time. They give you a non-loser reason to throw up the Gator chomp. And they will serve as a kick-ass profile picture/cover photo for the next few months.
(Side note: definitely thank your friends and family for all their support over the past 4 years because otherwise you wouldn’t have been able to be where you are.)
There are many different approaches to taking graduation pictures. Here is a list of the 6 types you can choose from:
1. The Traditional
A standard set of pictures with you looking cute AF in front of the stadium or next to the bull gator. Throw up your best Gator chomp and be sure to send a copy to your grandparents.
2. The Abstract
A spin on the Traditional, you may find yourself at the DNA Bridge or the 34th street wall. This collection lets the world know you just graduated and now you’re going to start an awesome life filled with travel, new people and tons of culture.
Via: American Parkour
3. The Group
College is nothing without your closest friends. You’ve been inseparable since freshman Summer B, so it’s no coincidence you decide to take your pictures together. Make sure to take a bunch of candids gazing into each other’s eyes.
4. The Couple
You found love in a hopeless place and now the two of you are graduating together. There’s no better way to brag to your friends you found someone than a picture of the two of you piggy backing in the stadium.
5. The Betches
Hide yo kids, hide yo wife and grab some champagne because here comes a feisty group of girls fresh off senior week. You may have seen them terrorize Fat Daddy’s, now get ready to witness them spray each other with bottles of André clad in matching white dresses.
6. The Assholes
Last but not least, the assholes. The group of guys who have taken every gameday, road trip and date function too far. Some people may think they are on a downward spiral, but they don’t really give a shit. Grab a pack of Natty and a beer bong and take one last stroll through the house that Tebow built.
Whichever type of pictures you choose, it’s important to plan ahead. Your cap and gowns are now available for pick up. Remember that there are hundreds of students graduating and only a 13-day span to take pictures. Any liberal arts major can operate a camera, but good photographers are hard to come by.
So we’ve made our photographers available to take your pictures and make sure you look like the ass-kicking, good-looking, jaw-dropping Gator graduate you are.
- Alexa Warman
- Carter Fish
- Alexandria Clark
If you are interested in having one of our photographers take your pictures, fill out this form, and we will get back to you.
I believe it was the great Thurgood Marshall that posed the question, “If you don’t take pictures of yourself in the stadium dressed in cap and gown, did you even graduate?” Hell no.
Will your mom go apeshit if you refuse to take said pictures? Probably.
So make like Spike Lee and do the right thing. Our talented photographers will be at your disposal until April 30.
