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How to pick the best outdoor family photos ideas this fall?

The nights are getting cooler and it’s time to think about those autumn creature comforts that keep you warm and fuzzy, like a steaming hot chocolate with marshmallows to warm you up after an outdoor family photos session. If you’re anything like me, as the seasons change I feel the need to need to document the next stage in my families adventure, but how to pick the best family fall photo?

When it comes to creating family pictures you need to stop and keep the end in mind. What will you do with the photos? Is this the annual family picture session to document the year for this years holiday card? Do you want to create beautiful family portrait heirlooms to pass down, or amazing family pictures for a gift. 

You need to pick the right family session and the perfect location to create that perfect backdrop, but don’t worry we’ve got plenty of ideas that the entire family will love. 

When to book your Fall Family Portraits?

When it comes to picking the best month for fall pictures, there’s no exact science, mother nature takes the lead, but end of September through to mid November. October half term is a great time for outdoor family sessions.  

At what time of the day do Fall Sessions take place?

If you’re doing a family session, then take lead from the kids. Pick the best time of day when are they at their best, otherwise known as “their natural state”? Try to schedule your sessions for when they’re awake and alert. This is also true with newborns – don’t wait until after naptime because babies can get fussy in new places/situations. I’d recommend scheduling around 10am so that everyone has enough energy to play together without getting too tired out by 2:30pm. 
If you have older children, or want a couple shot then golden hour is best for outdoor family photos.

What is the best place in town to take family pictures?

There’s some great local parks that produce amazing fall photos, but it’s alway nice to think about alternatives for those rainy days, like: 

  • Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston
  • Moseley Bog and Joy’s Wood Local Nature Reserve, Moseley
  • Mary Stevens Park, Stourbridge
  • Waseley Hill Country Park, Worcestershire
  • Sandwell Valley Park, Sandwell
  • Himley Hall Park, Dudley
  • Dudley Zoo

Introducing the 10 best-selling simple outdoor family photos ideas:

1 ) Leaves changing colours

Watching the leaves turn, hearing the crunch of the leaves beneath your feet and the crisp fresh air brushes against your face. I love the change to autumn. The need to curl up under a blanket, cuddling a hot cuppa, but the fun side try throwing leaves with the kids and capture the giggles as a fun filled outdoor family photos.

2) Family sweaters

There’s something about the seasons changing that draws you into the big fluffy sweaters that feel like they are cuddling you. The comfort of feeling all warm and snug is so comforting verses the family sweater that is a compulsory holiday wear. We know they are terrible and yet they appear every year as a must have. Want more ideas of what to wear this fall?

park outdoor family photos

3) Apple picking

Taking the kids apple picking and spending time together and walking them through the whole baking process makes for great outdoor family photos this fall.  Jack loves being apart of it all, and eating the apple pie at the end of course.

Outdoor Family Photos - Apple Picking

4) Baked Pies

Oh and course eating the apple pies…

5) Corn or Hay Mazes

An outdoor family photos favourite for the big and little kids. Who doesn’t love running around the mazes, getting lost and chasing each other to the finish line. Family fall photo ideas: Walking off into the maze, through the corn leaves, playing hide and seek.

Maise Outdoor family photos

6) Football

Watching them get back into the football season, it’s great for the family to have something they can bond over. We’ve not massive football fans here but I can appreciate what others seen in it. It’s also the start of the indoor season for archery- Now that’s more our kind of sports.

7) Road Trip

Taking annual road trips before the holiday season starts. We always take a small trip at the start of fall because from the end of October our calendar is always jam-packed of events and let’s be honest January everyone’s broke. It’s a great opportunity to explore new places and embrace outdoor family photos.

8) Grandparents

We’ve had a tough year, losing the best of our family, so I’ve been trying to make sure we make the most of the family around us. That means visiting the grandparents and relaxing with the family.  Here is my top 5 grandparent fall family photo ideas: Reading together, throwing up in the air, big vs small shoes adventure shot, grandparents and grand children cuddles, A close up of young vs old. (big vs little hands)

9) Fresh Cookies

Granddad always had the best cookies to share. Fall Family photo ideas: Cookie stack vs cookies cooling on a baking sheet. Check out This 6-ingredient Dark Chocolate Chip and Tahini Cookie is nut-free, dairy-free, and gluten-free vs Nigella’s Chocolate chip cookies.

10) Pumpkins

Finally, Autumn/ Fall wouldn’t be right without the smell of pumpkins. Whether you’re a lover of pumpkin spiced lattes or you’re the best pumpkin carver for Halloween. It just wouldn’t feel right without some pumpkins. So make the most of it and go pumpkin picking as well this autumn. Family fall photo ideas: pumpkin picking, sitting in the pumpkin patch, baby in a pumpkin, dressed up as a pumpkin, or even pumpkin carving.

So whether you’re looking for simple fall out family photos ideas, a simple fall family photo, or help on how to pick to the best family fall photo?

It’s the one that’s the most real for your family. Make the most of the family time and go on as many adventures as you can.

Fall photos are about making the most of the amazing colours of autumn and using the unique ideas that you get in this season to capture great family and couple photos. Change your perspective, celebrate nature or the things that your kids love to do at this time of the year. Make the most of the colour scheme of fall, the backdrop of trees changing colours and take the best photos #fall #fallphotos #takingphotos #phototips #seasonalphotos

What’s your favourite Fall activity with you capture this year?

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