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Graduation Photography

NowCandid helps graduation photographers keep busy ceremony days moving with accurate image matching, fast gallery delivery, and an easier way for graduates and families to find, view, and order their photos online.

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Recommended NowCandid tools for graduation photography

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Positive ID

Connect each graduate’s images to the right person during capture, helping keep galleries accurate on busy ceremony days.

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Private Galleries

Give each graduate and family a personalized gallery experience so they can quickly view the images connected to them.

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Automated Marketing

Send gallery links and reminders by text and email, making it easier for families to view, share, and order graduation photos online.

How it works

From ceremony capture to family ordering, NowCandid helps keep graduation galleries moving.

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Set up your event by choosing the workflow that best fits your ceremony, staffing, and delivery goals.

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Capture graduates as they cross the stage, pose with their diploma, or take additional portraits before or after the ceremony.

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Use tools like Positive ID to help match each graduate’s photos to the correct person, keeping galleries accurate even during busy, high-volume ceremonies.

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Graduates and families can receive their gallery links by text or email, making it easy to view photos.

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Families can order prints, downloads, packages, and products through a branded online retail experience while the excitement of graduation is still fresh. Even before the ceremony ends!

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Easier Ordering for Graduation Families

Customers can receive gallery links by text or email

Browse from a mobile-friendly retail site

Find relevant images faster

Order prints, downloads, packages, and products online

Return to their gallery through automated reminders

When customers get photos quickly and can find what they’re looking for, they are more likely to stay engaged and place an order.

FAQs

Quick answers for busy graduation photographers.

What is the best NowCandid workflow for graduation photography?
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NowCandid offers several Positive ID-style workflows that can help graduation photographers intentionally connect images to the right graduate during capture. Options may include Scan Card, Name Lookup,  and Positive ID Roster workflows, depending on how the Event is set up.

For graduations, Positive ID is especially helpful because it supports accurate gallery delivery during busy, high-volume ceremony days. It gives photographers a more controlled way to identify each graduate, deliver personal galleries, and help families order online.

Helpful links: GradPics™ Best Practices Guide and Use the Workflow That Fits the Job.

How does NowCandid help graduation photographers deliver galleries faster?
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NowCandid helps graduation photographers move quickly from capture to delivery by connecting images to graduates, sending personalized gallery links, and making photos available online for families to view and order.

Instead of manually sorting every image after the ceremony, photographers can use NowCandid workflows to reduce admin time and get galleries in front of families while graduation excitement is still fresh.

Can families order graduation prints and downloads online?
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Yes. Families can order graduation prints, downloads, packages, and products through a branded online retail experience. This makes it easy for parents, graduates, and relatives to view photos and place orders from their own devices.

Graduation galleries can also be supported by automated text and email reminders, helping families return to their gallery after the event.

Can NowCandid help with high-volume graduation ceremonies?
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Yes. NowCandid is built for high-volume photography workflows like graduations, where photographers may need to capture and deliver images for hundreds or thousands of graduates.

With tools for image matching, gallery delivery, customer messaging, and online ordering, NowCandid helps photographers keep the process organized before, during, and after the ceremony.

Do graduation photographers need to upload images live?
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Not always. Some graduation photographers choose to live-upload images during or shortly after the ceremony, while others upload after the event. The best option depends on your staffing, internet access, ceremony setup, and delivery goals.

NowCandid gives photographers flexible ways to capture, upload, match, and deliver graduation photos based on the workflow that fits the job.

Let’s get in touch

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