Graduation Photography

Recently my friend's daughter graduated from Curtin. I was privileged to be able to take just a few of their pictures to celebrate this extremely important event and also marking a major milestone in life.
Below, you see just two of the photos.

The photos were taken just outside the graduation hall. I have to turn this into "studio style" shooting, perhaps with the hope that the result is even better than those taken in studio.

Nikon D3, F/5.6, 1/160sec, ISO-1000, Metering: Pattern