A Wedding in Chicago

Ten Great Places for an Engagement Portrait

  1. Millennium Park

    This park is one of the best places to take engagement photography. The Jay Pritzker Pavilion, the Cloud Gate Sculpture, and the Lurie Garden all provide a beautiful backdrop for your engagement portraits.

  2. Buckingham Fountain

    The fountain is one of the largest in the world, and one of Chicago’s most popular attractions. It operates from mid April to mid October, depending on weather. Every hour on the hour for 20 minutes the fountain produces a major water display and the center jet shoots 150 feet into the air.

  3. The Chicago Harbors

    The Chicago Park District's 9 lakefront harbors stretch from Lincoln Park in the northern part of the city to Jackson Park in the south. Many harbors give a breathtaking view of the city skyline—a perfect backdrop for your photography.

  4. Lincoln Park

    Throughout Lincoln Park's history, renowned artists, landscape designers, and architects contributed to its development. These included sculptor Augustus-Saint Gaudens, landscape designers Ossian Cole Simonds and Alfred Caldwell, and architects Joseph Lyman Silsbee and Dwight H. Perkins. Shortly after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the park was named in his honor.

  5. Museum of Science and Industry

    The Museum of Science and Industry is one of the most beloved and visited museums in the world. Julius Rosenwald was inspired by a 1911 visit to Munich. With the help of other Midwest business leaders, Rosenwald restored and converted the Palace of Fine Arts, the last remaining major structure from the 1893 World's Fair. The exterior of this building makes an excellent background for your engagement photography.

  6. The El

    Perhaps the most distinguishing feature to the city of Chicago is its elevated train system. The above ground subway system gives Chicago its character and provides for the easy commute of many suburbanites into the Downtown area.

  7. Daley Plaza

    No doubt the most famous of Chicago's many outdoor sculptures, the Chicago Picasso was unveiled in Daley Plaza on August 15, 1967. Greeted at first with much scorn and ridicule, the Chicago Picasso nonetheless marked the beginning of Chicago's love affair with contemporary art.

  8. Navy Pier

    Navy Pier is the perfect location for excellent wedding photography. With an enormous Ferris Wheel, beautiful lighting, fountains and architecture, not to mention Lake Michigan, Navy Pier is one of Chicago’s hottest photography locations.

  9. Magnificent Mile

    Michigan Avenue is always filled with tourists, Chicagoans, street performers, and everyone else. The street is filled with new flowers every season, and is a wonderfully colorful way to make engagement portraits lively and exciting.

  10. Wrigley Field

    Wrigley Field, on Chicago’s north side, is the second oldest ballpark in the majors. Built in 1914, and host to the Chicago Cubs for the 91st year, the park is a popular photography choice for any baseball fan.