Confetti mid-air, champagne bottles popped, both of them looking up instead of at the camera — this one works because nobody's holding a pose. It's a celebration shot in the most literal sense, timed to catch the confetti at its peak rather than staged around a smile.
They graduated from different schools — him from UC Berkeley, her from USC — and the location was chosen deliberately to honor both. Doheny Memorial Library's entrance bears a striking resemblance to Berkeley's Doe Library, so the shoot became a celebration of two schools at once instead of just one, staged right on USC's steps.
It's the kind of concept Stanley likes building into a graduation session: find the detail that makes the milestone personal to the couple, not just the school, and let something as simple as confetti do the rest.
Location: USC - Los Angeles, CA.
