Three friends walked the sidewalk toward the Felix Goodson College Union with a black backpack, a denim sling bag, and two pairs of white Converse between them. Shot from behind, which is how this session opened.
This college photo session in Bolivar, MO ran across the Southwest Baptist University campus on an overcast summer morning: walking frames on the sidewalks, a stop at the bronze globe outside the union, the white gazebo on the lawn, and a student lounge inside. If you are planning something similar with your own friends, the what to bring guide for a BFF session is a good place to start.
SBU has been in Bolivar since 1878, and the campus gives a session real range inside a short walk. Brick, lawn, water, and covered walkways sit within a few hundred feet of each other.
What a college photo session in Bolivar, MO looks like on campus
The three of them wore denim shorts with a yellow tee, a chocolate brown puff sleeve sweatshirt, and a white tee. Close enough in tone that the group reads as one group in every frame, with enough difference that nobody disappears into anybody else.
Overcast light did the rest. No squinting, no hard shadow across a face, and the green on campus stayed saturated at every stop.
Walking frames on the sidewalk and the brick plaza
The session started with walking. Backs to the camera, arms swinging, the sidewalk running straight at a red brick building. Then the same walk out on the brick plaza with lawn on both sides.
Walking gave the three of them something to do together between sitting portraits.
The globe, the fountain wall, and the hydrangeas
They sat on the low brick wall by the water outside the college union, under the bronze globe, mid conversation. Nobody was looking at the camera in that one.
The hydrangea bush beside the concrete steps was the other stop, the three of them stacked up the stairs so all three faces cleared the railing. I keep coming back to that frame. Bolivar has a handful of spots that work this way, and more of them are in the guide to places worth photographing around Bolivar MO.
The gazebo and the student lounge
The white gazebo on the lawn gave a clean bench line and shade for a sitting shot. Inside, the student lounge added green upholstered chairs, a cinder block wall, and a framed marching band photo in purple on the wall behind them.
The gazebo and lounge gave the group both outdoor and indoor photos. The indoor set is what keeps a campus session going when the weather turns.
Booking a college or friends photo session in Bolivar, MO
Sessions with friends carry their own weight. Pew Research Center found that 61% of U.S. adults say having close friends is extremely or very important to living a fulfilling life, which tracks with how fast a group session stops feeling like a photo shoot.
Jordan Brittley photographs college, senior, and friend sessions around Bolivar and the 417. To put a campus session on the calendar, reach out about a college photo session in Bolivar.
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