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5 Best places to take family photos in Minneapolis Minnesota


A tween girl child with French braid and baby blue cotton linen dress is sitting among purple pink lavender wild flowers in grass with a diary for a golden hour summer sunset outdoor photo shoot session at a park getting rave reviews from clients for Portrait by Taru - a Minneapolis Minnesota MN based midwest maternity and family photographer

With good weather around the corner we all will be going out with our families and also taking photos. As a professional portrait photographer, here are my 5 best places to take family photos in Minneapolis Minnesota. Make sure you are prepared with what to wear for family photos.


1 . Wayzata, Minnesota on Lake Minnetonka is one of the best places to take family photos in Minneapolis.


An empowering and creative photo shoot for a Wayzata high school senior  girl with amazing beautiful long curly hair and wearing her favorite fashion forward black evening dress at lake Minnetonka for an urban style photography session by Portrait by Taru Studio, in Minneapolis Minnesota MN midwest

Wayzata city is on Lake Minnetonka, in west Minneapolis Minnesota. This is ideal for family as well as high school senior photos for many reasons and seasons. It has a sand beach, an urban street and green park areas with big old trees, all in one place. It even has Ben & Jerry ice cream if you want to give a treat to your kids and their dads after the photo session :)


2. French Regional Park, Plymouth Minnesota.


A mother daughter picture where the tween girl wearing a trench coat on her favorite tulle dress is holding her mothers hand while the mom is looking at her child with all the love in her eyes among the best fall colors of beautiful yellow maple trees in Minnesota regional park for an outdoor birthday photo shoot by family photographer Portrait by Taru Studio in Minneapolis MN Midwest.

Clifton E. French Regional Park in Plymouth, Minnesota is one of the best places to take family photos all year around, even in the winters with snow. This looks breathtaking with its red and yellow fall colors. It is very popular even among photographers and you may spot many during autumn.


3. Centennial Lakes Park, Edina, Minnesota.


A toddler girl wearing a newspaper hat is looking at the needles of an evergreen tree in the snow of beautiful white Minnesota winter for an amazing outdoor birthday photoshoot by Portrait by Taru Studio, a family photographer in Minneapolis MN Midwest.

With a miniature golf course, a beautiful pond, fountains and landscaped gardens the Centennial Park in Edina, Minnesota is a beautiful spot for high school pictures as well as your family photos. It gives a unique backdrop and easily accessible with baby strollers as well.


4. Baker Park Reserve, Maple Plain, Minnesota.


The silhouette of a girl walking barefoot  in a lace dress on the beach shore of scenic Baker Lake at golden hour sunset for an a beautiful and creative birthday photoshoot by Portrait by Taru Studio in Minneapolis Minnesota MN Midwest.

Located on the scenic Lake Independence, Baker Park is a beautiful spot for golden hour or sunset photos with your family. This place has the beach as well as the green or yellow fall color backgrounds for your pictures depending on the time of the year.


5. Lake Harriet, Minneapolis Minnesota.


Outdoor first birthday photoshoot for a beautiful boy with a canvas easel and the baby holding paint brush on the sand beach of a lake at sunset with city skyline in the background for a photography session by Portrait by Taru Studio, a Maternity and Family photographer in Minneapolis Minnesota MN Midwest

The scenic Lake Harriet in Minneapolis Minnesota is another favorite for family photos. With picturesque sail boats, Lake Harriet Band Shell and Lyndale Park Rose Garden near by, it gives a variety of backdrops as well as some family fun activities.


Portrait by Taru STUDIO in Plymouth, Minnesota.


A family of four with all grown up adult kids and empty nesters parents in a studio magazine style photography session filled with love, where everyone is wearing jeans and casual black tee and the teenage boy and high school senior girl are sitting on stools while the dad and mom are standing with their arms on their children for an amazing photo shoot by Portrait by Taru, a maternity and family photographer in Minnetonka Minneapolis Minnesota MN Midwest

If the weather is not on your side or if you are looking for professional family portraits then Portrait by Taru Studio, located in Plymouth is an ideal place for you :)


Go anywhere but the most important thing to do is, to just have fun with your family and photos will be a bonus!


Taru Chhaya

Twin Cities Maternity & Family Photographer



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