Don’t let the hot weather fool you. Soon Old Man Winter will show his ugly head and the first holiday card will appear in your mailbox. So now is the prime time for capturing beautiful outdoor family photos. Whether you use a professional photographer (psst…Kristen Lisa Photography has one Fall Mini Session slot left!) or DIY some snapshots, here are some gorgeous locations for Fall photos in Chicagoland:
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In the city
Most popular: Lincoln Park Zoo Nature Boardwalk, Cancer Survivor’s Garden at Maggie Daley Park, Emily Oaks Nature Center
Off the beaten path: Ping Tom Memorial Park, Milton Lee Olive Park, Burnham Park Promontory Point
Photo by Kristen Lisa Photography
Near suburbs
Most popular: Gillson Beach (Wilmette), The Grove (Glenview), Little Bear Garden Park (Glenview)
Off the beaten path: Friendship Park Conservatory (Des Plaines), Lighthouse Beach (Evanston), North School Park (Arlington Heights)
Photo by Kristen Lisa Photography
Far suburbs
Most popular: Cantigny Park (Wheaton), Naperville Riverwalk, Independence Grove (Libertyville)
Off the beaten path: Fabyan Villa (Geneva), Lippold Park (Batavia), Spring Valley Nature Center (Schaumburg)
Photo by Kristen Lisa Photography
And if you want to try for some truly Fall themed photos, check out:
All Seasons Apple Orchard, Woodstock
Johansen Farms Children’s Zoo, Bolingbrook
Konows Corn Maze, Homer Glen
Pesche’s Nursery, Des Plaines
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Photo by Bella Jackson Photography
It sounds like you have some beautiful places around to take autumn photos. I love the swing area that is gorgeous.
It is an adorable park with a story walk. One of our favorite places to visit any time of year!
These all look like some fabulous areas to take photos. I’ll keep these in mind if we’re ever in the area. I love all these photos. Eventually we’ll do family photos!
We have never done a professional family portrait. My sister in law wants to do one with the ENTIRE family, if we do then I’ll have the photographer do some of just the five of us. Getting my husband to do it twice would be pushing it.
I can’t tell you how wonderful it is to have professional photos to look back on, especially now that so many of my parents and grandparents have passed away. Photos truly are cherished memories.
These are so absolutely gorgeous locations! The one with the arched greenery is just perfect – this would be great for engagement shoots too – romantic!
YES! Even wedding photos!
Oh my goodness those pictures are beautiful! Whoever did your photos they did a wonderful job. I have a lot of friends that live in Chicago so I’m going to share this post with them.
Please do! I searched high and low for amazing local photographers.
Beautiful pics. We’ve yet to take our 2017 family pics. We generally use them for our annual Christmas cards.
We have a mini shoot scheduled with Kristen Lisa photography next month for our holiday cards. We can’t wait!
I am so envious. All of these backgrounds and the scenery are just gorgeous. I live in Georgia and we seldom see changing leaves and all of the other fun things that go along with fall.
But at least you don’t have horrible winters like we do! 😉
What beautiful places to photograph. They are stunning. I love the lighting in them. There is also variety.
We are so lucky to have found some great photographers to partner up with not just for blog articles, but also for our family photos!
We live across the state from you, three hours from Chicago. Living in the country we have so many different places to go for photos there is never a reason not to have some great shots.
Lucky you!
These are good choices! We used to live just outside of Chicago. I miss some of the parks we used to visit!
Any favorite spots for photos from your former neck of the woods?
Great ideas. You got some beautiful shots. I bet a corn maze would make for great photos.
Nothing more rustic and Fallish than corn!
I love taking pictures outside, especially this time of year, there is so much color! We have not taken our family pictures so I am on the hunt for some nice locations. It is hard to know some good places to go.
I just love all of the beautiful colors of the trees that add the perfect pop to photos!
I wish I knew about these places when I lived in Chicago! I miss Lincoln Park Zoo.
Come for the animals, stay for the perfect photo shoot spots! 😉
These pictures are truly gorgeous, I wish I lived close enough to Chicago land to be able to book this photographer and have amazing pictures taken
I’m very lucky to have so many talented photographers to choose from!
We have taken family photos, but looking at these and others I see online, I wish we had. Now our girls are grown up, it would be nice to have a nice set of photos too look back at.
I have found that taking professional family photos is truly worth every penny!
Such beautiful pics for a beautiful family. Whoever did your photos did an amazing job. I can tell everyone had a wonderful time taking them.
These photos are by some amazing Chicagoland photographers. You can see the photo credits underneath each photo.
I love taking photos in the fall! All the colors and the beautiful evening light! Thanks for sharing these spots.
There’s nothing more beautiful than the Fall in the Midwest!
YES. I am ALL about this. If only Toddlers weren’t so difficult to drag around everywhere! Or followed directions just a LITTLE bit better. HAH! I avoid areas with water nearby because my kid will gravitate toward it IMMEDIATELY, but I need to find a nice little toddle rsafe stream to take some puddle/splashing photos in!
Now that would be a fun photo backdrop…my kids would love to splash over and over just to get the right shot!