Video: Shooting Graduation Portraits of Kids at Home

By Nick Vrona

Whether it’s preschool, elementary or otherwise, graduation time can be a bit hectic, and formal graduation portraits of kids are often forgotten in the process, leaving us with on-location snapshots or low-resolution phone pics that rarely end up being “frameworthy.” And when graduation ceremonies don’t even happen (hello 2020), well, that makes it even harder to commemorate the occasion.

Thankfully, with a little time, patience and some basic equipment, you can shoot your own graduation photos (or traditional school pictures) at home. In this video, Nick from Sigma shows you how to take great portraits of your kids on their special day!

About

Nick Vrona

Nick Vrona is an artist, photographer, video producer, local karaoke star and former pro wrestling ring announcer, and has been in the photographic retail biz since 2006. He works at SIGMA, too. His favorite subjects are his family, his chickens and the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

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