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Graduation photos · Napa Valley
In short
Graduation photos in Napa Valley starts at $295: 60 min on location with a photographer who works in Napa Valley, and 30 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 5 business days.
Why choose Graduation photos in Napa Valley?
Graduation photos in Napa are a one-hour cap-and-gown session that delivers 30 retouched photographs, priced from $295, and most are booked by Napa Valley College graduates. Napa Valley College holds its commencement in the evening, from 6pm to 8pm, at Memorial Stadium on Menlo Avenue rather than on its own campus. That timing and that location shape the session: the ceremony itself is a stadium in fading light, so the portraits worth keeping are made somewhere else, earlier.
Worth knowing about Napa Valley
Napa Valley College’s 2027 commencement is set for Friday, May 14, 2027, from 6pm to 8pm at Memorial Stadium, 1340 Menlo Avenue, with an optional rehearsal there from 9:30am to 11:30am the same morning. Tickets are not required and guest numbers are unlimited, so ceremony evening is crowded; a cap-and-gown session one or two weeks earlier at golden hour avoids both the crowd and the midday light after rehearsal.
What does the session in Napa Valley look like?
- Oxbow and the Napa Riverfront
- Brick and river downtown, open enough for a family group of ten in gowns and good clothes.
- Alston Park, Napa
- Oak grassland on a rise for the solo frame in cap and gown, with the valley behind it at golden hour.
- Yountville
- Stone walls and olive trees for a smaller family portrait after a celebration lunch in town.
What does graduation photos in Napa Valley include?
- 30 retouched photographs
- Two campus locations chosen for the school’s landmarks
- Solo, family and friend-group frames
- Private online gallery within 5 business days
- Print release for personal use
Permits at these locations: Alston Park, Napa: City of Napa film permit required for commercial photography on city property, with insurance and use fees. Oxbow and the Napa Riverfront: City of Napa film permit required for commercial photography on city property.
FAQ — Graduation photos in Napa Valley
When is Napa Valley College graduation, and when should photos be taken?
Napa Valley College’s 2027 commencement is on Friday, May 14, 2027, from 6pm to 8pm at Memorial Stadium in Napa. A Napa graduation photo session is best held one or two weeks before that date at golden hour, because the ceremony evening is crowded and the morning rehearsal ends at 11:30am in hard light.
Where should Napa Valley College graduates buy a cap and gown before a photo session?
Napa Valley College sells regalia through the NVC Bookstore and warns that certain sizes sometimes run out. For a graduation photo session in Napa held before the ceremony, buying the cap and gown early is what makes the session possible at all, so it is worth doing before the shoot date is booked.