Betsy reached out to me to book a senior session for her son, Henry. He was graduating high school in Tuscaloosa and loves the University of Alabama, so naturally we had to do his senior portraits in Tuscaloosa. We managed to find a Friday that worked for us both and we decided to start at the Roll Tide bridge, and then finish up at the Federal Building downtown.


The day of the session arrived and traffic got the best of both of us (have you ever driven around downtown Northport at 5pm? It's insane....something I made mental note of for next time). Henry wanted to get to his high school's baseball game that night as it was the last one of the school year, so he wanted to end this session on time or even earlier. I made mental note as I understand how important your last high school events are.


We started at the Roll Tide bridge. This is a quintessential photo stop for Tuscaloosa, AL. If you google 'places to take photos in Tuscaloosa, AL' inevitably this spot will pop up as one of them. I hadn't actually taken photos there myself, even when attending school at UA. I had no idea just how many cars would be passing by, NON-stop. Every single portrait you see below, I had to edit cars out of. I left some in if they didn't detract but spent a lot of time removing cars. (PRAISE the LORD for AI helping speed this up!)


We then migrated to the Federal Building - Betsy admitted to me later that she didn't necessary see my vision for the spot, but upon receiving the images was blown away by what the white stone offered as a clean backdrop. As we were finishing up this spot, Henry was itching to get to the baseball game, that had already started, but Betsy talked him into swinging by Denny Chimes to grab a few more images. I promised it wouldn't take 5 minutes once we got there.


The construction made it difficult to get there but we found a spot to park (faculty only, but we wouldn't be long). Also, it started to lightly rain the second we got out of the car. It wasn't enough to be of concern to damaging my camera, but we both now had a reason to make this stop quick.


We sent Henry off to his game, I chatted with Betsy a little longer, as she is a friend of ours then headed home to get these edited quickly. Betsy needed them rush edited to get her graduation cards out in time. I finished them up and was very pleased with the final edits. Overcast skies may be easy to shoot clean images in, but I always prefer the pop that comes with a sunny afternoon.


I am very happy with the final results, which you can see below. If you too need senior portraits or cap and gown images in Tuscaloosa, AL, please feel free to reach out. I would love to be your Tuscaloosa Lifestyle Photographer or Tuscaloosa graduate photographer!


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A student poses confidently under the Roll Tide bridge at the University of Alabama.
A student smiles while standing beneath the red Roll Tide bridge on campus.
A student stands with crossed arms under the historic Roll Tide bridge.
A casual portrait of a student standing beneath the Roll Tide bridge at Alabama.
A person poses by a brick walkway under a red 'Roll Tide' sign on a bridge structure.
A person stands near a bridge with 'Roll Tide' signage and green trees in the background.
View of a brick pathway leading to a bridge with 'Roll Tide' text overhead.
A brick walkway leads to a bridge structure displaying 'Roll Tide' text with someone standing nearby.
Someone sits on a concrete ledge outside a modern building with rows of windows.
A beige building facade with multiple windows and someone sitting on the ledge.
Person seated on concrete ledge against backdrop of institutional building with uniform windows.
Long architectural perspective of concrete building with someone sitting on ledge.
Wide angle view of concrete walkway and building with decorative architectural elements.
Classical architecture with ornate lamp posts and landscaping on university campus grounds.
A casual portrait in front of a classical building with stone columns and walkway.
Person in a pink polo and jeans poses casually by stone steps with arms crossed.
Relaxed posed shot sitting on concrete steps with decorative iron railing.
Casual portrait sitting on stone steps wearing boots and light wash jeans.
Artistic angle of someone seated on concrete steps between classical building columns.
Portrait against stone column wearing striped polo shirt and jeans.
Casual pose against cream colored building column with arms crossed.
Standing portrait in hallway between classical white columns and black doors.
Portrait in striped pink polo between architectural columns and doorways.
Standing pose between tall white columns in classical building hallway.
Two people share a moment on a bench in front of a campus building on a summer day.
Tall brick bell tower with white accents stands prominently on a university campus.
Someone poses in front of the historic Denny Chimes building wearing a coral polo shirt.
Figure in coral shirt stands casually on steps of Denny Chimes monument.
Black and white photo of person posing on the steps of Denny Chimes building.
Back view of someone looking up at the entrance of Denny Chimes building.
Figure in coral shirt stands centered on a wide campus walkway surrounded by green trees.
Person stands on engraved stone pavement in front of Denny Chimes memorial wall.
Tall brick bell tower with someone jumping playfully in front.
Person in coral shirt poses on engraved walkway leading to historic bell tower.

I'm Mary Harbin, Alabama Wedding photographer, lifestyle photographer and videographer for Mary H Media, LLC. If you are seeking senior portraits in Tuscaloosa, please feel free to contact me here.