Finished My Photography Studies! Final Exam Portrait Session 🌿📸

I officially finished my photography studies – and I'm so happy to share this small milestone! ✨ For our final exam, we had to do a simple portrait session: each of us was given 30 minutes to photograph a fellow student outdoors using only natural light. The task also required using either a reflector or a diffuser, just to show we understand how to work with light. Overall, it wasn’t a difficult exam – more of a formality – but still, a nice final challenge to close off the course.

I photographed my classmate in a very simple location, we were instructed to make photos just outside near and around the school building. I had already tried shooting near some of the school walls before and really liked how they looked in photos – they had nice textures and neutral colors that worked well for portraits. So I used that space again and focused on getting different shots: wide, medium, close-up.

There wasn’t much time, so I know I could have done better in some parts – but for a short 30-minute session, I think it went okay. While walking around, I also noticed a random broken glass detail and quickly took a photo of that too – just as an extra artistic element. Sometimes these unexpected little textures add something unique.

After the shoot, we had to edit the photos, create a simple collage, and print it out for presentation. I’m sharing the collage and shots below - we only had to make 5 photos per portrait. It feels so nice to see it all come together, especially knowing it’s the very last assignment of this journey.

Also, I’m including a few portraits of me – taken by the same classmate I photographed. We worked in pairs, so each of us got to be both the photographer and the model. She’s a really artistic person, and I love how soft and expressive her photos of me turned out.

So that’s it – I’m officially done with my photography studies! 🎓 Now it’s time to celebrate! 🥂📷💛

Here are my shots:

And here's my classmate's shots of me: