12 Unforgettable Graduation Photo Ideas

Looking for meaningful graduation photo ideas to celebrate a new educational milestone? Then you’ve come to the right place since you can rent the perfect graduation photoshoot location by the hour on Peerspace. In fact, it’s the most cost-effective and easiest venue rental platform out there. Plus, if you’d like to throw a graduation party along with that photoshoot, the Peerspace Concierge Service can arrange catering, decorations, and anything else you may need for a fun and festive event. Read on for a curated list of Peerspace venues that might be appropriate for an unforgettable graduation photoshoot.

1. The Library photoshoot

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The first place that comes to mind as an appropriate venue for graduation photo ideas is The Library | Photo + Film Production Studio in Chicago, IL. It includes a wall of jumbled books that is a very evocative symbol of all the knowledge you have accumulated over the span of your education. Plus, it can symbolize the future knowledge you need to attain to meet your career goals. What a fun place to instigate your graduation photo ideas.

2. A DC monuments photoshoot

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Perhaps the graduate is a history lover with future aspirations for politics. In that case, why not rent this private Rooftop Deck with Monument View in Washington, D.C. with a clear view of the monuments to the great figures in politics in American history. Picturing the graduate with the Washington Monument behind them sends a clearly aspirational message to all who see the picture. Maybe the graduate will one day like to play a part in shaping American history as a politician!

3. A Wall Street photoshoot

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If the graduate plans to study finance with aspirations of becoming a “Master of the Universe” on Wall Street, why not rent this Production Studio in Financial District of Manhattan? You can take pictures of the graduate on this empty office floor of a Wall Street building. All business people need to build a company from the ground up. If they have aspirations to one day build a successful company of their own, this would send a powerful message. This is one of the more symbolic graduation photo ideas.

4. A theater photoshoot

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Perhaps the graduate would like to one day be a successful dramatic actor. If so, why not rent this Versatile Downtown Denver Theater? That way, the aspiring thespian can dress up as their favorite dramatic character for their graduation photo and even perhaps perform a monologue or two. Totally aspirational and so much fun! In fact, why not fill the audience with his or her friends as encouragement!

5. A gallery photoshoot

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Is the graduate an artist? You can rent this Spacious Contemporary Art Gallery in Chicago, IL for your graduation photo ideas. Perhaps you can even put all the aspiring artist’s artwork up on the walls for the photoshoot. Isn’t that a lovely idea?

6. A botanical photoshoot

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Is the graduate a botanist in training who would one day like to work in a botanical garden? If so, you could conduct the photoshoot in this oasis of Frank Lloyd Wright Style Homes nestled in a Redwood Forest in Occidental, CA. The host describes it as “Two small homes connected by decking, in a redwood forest and surrounded by a botanical garden setting with 40,000 rhododendrons.”

7. An art museum photoshoot

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Perhaps the graduate would one day like to be the director of an art museum. Consider conducting your graduate photoshoot in this Contemporary art museum with 15 immersive exhibits in Los Angeles, CA. “Each of our fifteen rooms is created by a leading contemporary artist who may have shown work in MoMa or the Guggenheim.” 

8. An elementary photoshoot

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If the graduate aspires to be a children’s librarian or an elementary school teacher, this venue is a perfect setting for a graduation photoshoot. The Library Setting for Filming in Toronto, Canada is a “facility that includes unique classrooms, computer labs, library, recording studios. offices and student lounge in a heritage building built in 1909.” The building is virtually indistinguishable from the original. What a fun setting for a future elementary teacher or librarian’s graduation photoshoot.

9. A chapel photoshoot

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Perhaps the graduate intends to go into a religious profession. If so, a graduate photoshoot in the Historic Dupont Chapel, Library & Parlor in Washington, D.C. might be in order. The space is described as follows: “An ornate spiral staircase and 2-tone brick walls will lead you to the chapel. Inside is a high ceiling accentuated by dark wooden beams.” Perhaps the prospect of preaching in front of a congregation will be exciting (or terrifying).

10. A commercial kitchen photoshoot

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If the graduate aspires to one day be a professional chef, this Commercial Kitchen Space in Decatur, Georgia would be a fun place to do a photoshoot. Maybe pose the graduate so it looks like they’re creating their favorite menu from scratch. 

11. A startup photoshoot

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Perhaps the graduate aspires to be the next entrepreneurial startup guru like Zuckerberg or Jobs. In which case, why not photograph them in an entrepreneurial co-working space in San Francisco. This Coworking Space with Breaktaking Views & Multiple Board Rooms is in San Mateo, CA in the heart of Silicon Valley where all the tech magic originates

12. An architectural photoshoot

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Finally, perhaps the graduate aspires to be an architect. Being photographed in this 1963 Classic Mid-Century Modern Marvel – Case Study House would be both inspiring and thrilling. You can visit and examine every room in this house. What a fascinating experience that would be for a future architect and such a fun place to realize your graduation photo ideas.

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