3 Great Nature Spots to Take Engagement Photos In Oklahoma City
You are engaged and now you are looking for where to have your Engagement Photos taken. You want somewhere local, but you want somewhere with beautiful nature.
If you are in Oklahoma City, or the surrounding areas this post has you covered!
Here in OKC we are blessed to have many beautiful nature filled parks carved out all over the city. When couples come to us to book their engagement shoots many places come to mind, but a few stand out above the rest.
In our list of 3 Great Nature Spots to Take Engagement Photos In Oklahoma City we will provide you with the pros, the cons, and some great spots from these locations to kick off your engagement shoot.
Martin Nature Park
First on our list is going to be Martin Nature Park just south of the John Kilpatrick Turnpike and right off of Memorial Road.
The pros of this place are pretty obvious -
PROs
This location has a lot to offer. From a large pond, and wide open fields to more dense forestry and wooden structures.
This location is great for those that are more uncomfortable posing for photos with large groups around. In the times we have been here there have only been a few handful of people walking around the trails, and no one has come within 50ft of us.
CONs
Martin Nature Park is in fact a nature park! While that itself is not a con, the wildlife that comes along with it like ticks, mosquitoes, and snakes in the summertime is. (At least for our purpose)
Oftentimes when we have had shoots here we have found ticks on ourselves afterward.
If this is a place you’d like to choose for your engagement photos, make sure to use A LOT of bug repellent and consider wearing long pants.
PHOTO SPOT
As you enter the Nature Park you will find on one side of the parking lot an entrance to different trails you can walk, and on the other an open field.
The open field is a great location to take photos on a slightly overcast day or if you would like to use high speed sync in your photos and retain some of the details from the sky. There are also a couple different wooden structures with benched for posing if you’d like.
Will Rogers Gardens
Next on our list is a location right off of Highway 74 (and if you are an avid disc golf player you will know this one).
PROs
This Place is B-E-A-UTIFUL! If you have not had a chance to walk through the Will Rogers Gardens, then we definitely suggest you do!
With the perfectly trimmed shrubbery, the gorgeous statues and fountains, and the tiny fairy houses you can spot all over the place, it is a must-visit spot!
CONs
Will Rogers Garden is a well-known place of beauty. With that comes a flood of people. We have done photo shoots at Will Rogers Gardens in the summer, spring, fall, and winter, and there always seems to be other people here having photos done as well.
If you are on the more shy side of the social spectrum then you may want to steer clear of this location, but if not it is definitely worth it!
PHOTO SPOT
It is quite hard to choose just one location in the Will Rogers Gardens to highlight but if we had to choose we one select one of the many gazebos that are around the gardens. They make for great shade and skin tones when shooting in harsh lighting and are absolutely beautiful.
Myriad Gardens
The Myriad Gardens in downtown OKC is an easy one to find. It is right outside Devon Tower, and if you do not know what that is, it’s the tallest building in the OKC Skyline so it's not hard to find!
PROs
The Garden is full of life, the variations of flowers and trees keep this place from ever making a boring backdrop.
As well due to being planted in the middle of the city, you can choose to have a building pocking up in the background or tuck yourself away in one of the many dense coves and be completely surrounded by greenery.
CONs
Typically busy. Being right next to Scissortail Park and downtown OKC it’s not surprising to find this place can be busy.
Though you may have to wait for the occasional pedestrian to pass by or have others stop to watch your photo session momentarily, this place is a great spot for photography.
PHOTO SPOT
Here we like to get a mix of the manmade with the beauty of nature. It makes for a nice blend of worlds. There are a lot of trails and sidewalks to take photos on, but our favorite is one that bends slightly as it goes downhill. It creates some nice interest in the background with lines that lead straight towards the couple.
Those are three of our favorite places in Oklahoma City to take photos with engaged couples. If you have a place here in Oklahoma City that you would like to take photos with your love, send us a message on Facebook by clicking the icon down below!
