I’ve just finished my series of favorite locations in Midland my seniors like to choose for their sessions. I’ve covered Dow Gardens, the Chippewa Nature Center, Downtown Midland, and Bay City State Park. We really have some beautiful and unique options here in Mid-Michigan. Today I’m going to do my last one for now, and it is a miscellaneous location. While Dow Gardens and the CNC are a photographer’s dream to photograph, I can take your pictures just about anywhere outdoors and get some really beautiful and amazing memories captured. Midland and the surrounding areas are amazing that way. You want your senior pictures taken at a park? Great! In your backyard? Let’s do it! Over on some property your parents own? Sounds good!

One Example for a Miscellaneous Location

One of my favorite locations in Midland to take my kids is Larkin Park. Man, we just love that place. We took our own family pictures there a year and a half ago. It’s especially beautiful in the fall, but then again, all of Midland is. 😉

Last Autumn when I was taking a posing class online and needed to get out and practice with some models, I thought Larkin Park would be the best place to go. I love Dow Gardens, but I wanted a miscellaneous location this time around. These beautiful models were happy to accommodate. I don’t think anyone would know the location just from looking at the pictures though, and we were able to find some really beautiful spots with some absolutely gorgeous light.

So, the moral of the story (or the post) is this: You don’t have to take pictures where everyone else is taking pictures. As beautiful as the Chippewa Nature Center is, if you don’t want to go there for your senior session, then don’t! If you’re aching to go somewhere else, let’s do! And we’ll end up with something amazing.

In the picture above, you can see the covered pavilion and fence in the background, but I think very few people would even know where this was taken.

Who knew that baseball fences could make such beautiful bokeh in a senior portrait?

Yep, you guessed it! Both of these pictures were taken at Larkin Park, less than 100 feet from each other.

This just goes to show that you can get an amazing variety of gorgeous pictures wherever you choose.

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