Locations – Utah County
American Fork Amphitheater & Park
Location: 851 East 700 North, American Fork, UT — Just west of Mt Timpanogos Temple
Look/Style: This area has some big evergreen trees, a beautiful amphitheater, and some other fun little spots.
Best Time of Year: Year Round Access
Best Time of Day: Morning or Evening (about an hour and a half before sunset)
Info: This is one location that I actually enjoy shooting in the morning just as much as in the evening. You need to check the schedule to make sure an event isn’t happening on the day you want to do your shoot if you want to use the amphitheater at all. Usually, the rest of the park can be used even if an event is going on.
Location Fee: Travel Fee $25
Downtown Provo
Location: Center Street in Provo, UT
Look/Style: Urban, city/street feel with some brick walls, stores, etc.
Best Time of Year: Year Round
Best Time of Day: Morning or Evening (about an hour and a half before sunset)
Info: If you want a more urban feel without going to Salt Lake City, downtown Provo has some fun little pockets that work great.
Location Fee: Travel Fee $25
Tibble Fork Reservoir
Location: Located about 15 minutes up American Fork Canyon
Look/Style: Outdoor, Nature, this is a great location for getting nature and mountains, a lot of big evergreen trees with some aspen and some oak. The reservoir can be fun to shoot as well, but sometimes it’s busy.
Best Time of Year: Year Round Access; however, by late winter the snow can make it either difficult or amazing, it depends on the year.
Best Time of Day: About 2-2.5 hours before sunset
Info: This is a great location, but a lot of photographers use this location, so it can be busy at times.
Location Fee: $6 per vehicle; it’s free if you have a National Parks Pass + Travel Fee $25
Jolley's Ranch at Hobble Creek Canyon
Location: This park/campground area is located about 1 mile east of Hobble Creek Golf Course in Springville, UT; up Right Fork Hobble Creek Road
Look/Style: Outdoors, Nature, with trees and mountains, there is a white barn as well. Though this location is technically a park, most of the photographs look like you’re out in nature, not at a park.
Best Time of Year: Late Spring through Fall
Best Time of Day: About 2 hours before sunset
Info: This is a great location, one of my favorites. It is a fairly well know photography spot for those in the Springville/Mapleton area, but I never see people photographing where I like to photograph. If you can wait till May to shoot here the trees are starting to show quite a bit of green. Then it’s great through the summer and into the beginning of fall.
Location Fee: Travel Fee $25
Provo Library
Location: 550 N University Ave, Provo, UT 84601
Look/Style: Brick walls outside, historic building, lighted arch inside, typical library inside
Best Time of Year: Year round
Best Time of Day: About 2 hours before sunset
Location Fee: Travel Fee $25
Provo Castle & Orchard
Location: 1300 East Center Street, Provo, UT
Look/Style: Outdoor, Nature, there is an apple orchard and a rock amphitheater
Best Time of Year: Year Round Access, just different looks depending on the time of year. There are a couple weeks in the spring where the trees are in full bloom. The fall can have some great color.
Best Time of Day: Morning or Evening (about an hour and a half before sunset)
Info: A great location, but also well known. It can be very busy with photographers and families/couples during the spring and fall.
Location Fee: $20 + Travel Fee $25
Provo River by Utah Lake
Location: Along Provo River down by the Marina in Provo, UT
Look/Style: Outdoor, Nature, there is a gravel/dirt road with trees creating a canopy over the road – more or less.
Best Time of Year: Year Round Access, just different looks depending on the time of year
Best Time of Day: Morning or Evening (about an hour and a half before sunset)
Info: A great location year round. There are mosquitos in some spots during late spring through early summer.
Location Fee: Travel Fee $25
Thanksgiving Point - Ashton Gardens
Location: Thanksgiving Point, Lehi, UT
Look/Style: Different gardens, flowers, trees, structures (arches,pergolas, walkways)
Best Time of Year: Spring to Fall
Best Time of Day: 1.5 hours before sunset
Info: A great place to shoot, but a lot of area to possibly use. I highly suggest getting some of the golf carts.
Cost: $100
Utah Lake
Location: Thanksgiving Point, Lehi, UT
Look/Style: Different gardens, flowers, trees, structures (arches,pergolas, walkways)
Best Time of Year: Spring to Fall
Best Time of Day: 1.5 hours before sunset
Info: A great place to shoot, but a lot of area to possibly use. I highly suggest getting some of the golf carts.
Cost: Travel fee $25
Aspen Grove & Vivian Park
Location: 6 and 12 miles up Provo Canyon
Look/Style: quaking aspen trees, river, railroad tracks, mountains, ponds, streams, trees, native plants, cabins
Best Time of Year: Spring to Fall
Best Time of Day: 2-2.5 hours before sunset
Cost: Travel fee of $25
Wadley Farms
Location: 35 East 400 North Street, Lindon, UT
Look/Style: Best way for me to describe it would be an Italian/Rustic feel. There are some big, rustic doors; tall trees; fountains; walkways; vineyard; and more.
Best Time of Year: Late Spring through Fall
Best Time of Day: 1.5-2.5 hours before sunset (However, it can be hard to schedule an evening shoot here due to weddings/receptions; so, morning shoots can work).
Info: Scheduling a shoot here can be difficult, it is a very popular event venue in Utah County
Location Fee: If you are having your wedding/reception at Wadley Farms there is no cost to do a shoot there on a different day. If you don’t have an event scheduled with them the cost is $40 an hour.
Travel fee of $25
