How to take killer family portraits in Davis

 

 

Summer is a great time for family portraits. Check out Apartment Therapy’s Six Fun Ways to Pose for Family Portraits which has tips such as:

• Try an unusual activity: Here, we chose the trampoline. How about everyone playing miniature golf? Or a joint jump in the waves at the beach? Choose an activity that has meaning for your family or that represents your aesthetic. 

• Choose a non-traditional venue: We love this photo from Karen Ard of a family inside their English, right-hand drive vintage Mini Cooper. Choosing a location that is unexpected yet has meaning for your family can make your photo more than just a record of what everyone looked like; it’s a document of your family’s history.

Tandem takes great pride in the landscaping of our properties. You can often find a ideal location for your family shoot just outside your door at one of our 14 communities.  But Davis has a variety of locations that would also make great locations including:

 

The Greenbelts

 

North Davis Greenbelts

• Covell Greenbelt

• Northstar Greenbelt

• Perimeter Greenbelt

• Senda Nueva Greenbelt

South Davis Greenbelts

• Putah Creek Greenbelt

• Rose Creek Greenbelt

• Willowcreek Greenbelt

East Davis Greenbelts

• Green Meadows Greenbelt

• Mace Ranch Greenbelt

• Wildhorse Greenbelt

West Davis Greenbelts

• Aspen Greenbelt

• Evergreen Greenbelt

Public Art in Davis

DavisWIki has a list of public art locations including:

• A Street Bridge Mural

• Albino Bigfoot outside ACE Hardware

• Alluvium in Walnut Park

• Ancient Shadows by Oakshade Town Center

• The Bicycle Statue on Russell Blvd.

• Butterfly Pillar

• Butterfly and Hummingbird mosaic vase in Central Park Gardens

• Arroyo Avenue Ceramic Bench

• Caterpillar Sculpture

• Clepsydra in the E Street Plaza

• Cloaked Skateboarder outside ACE Hardware

• Cnawan Stone sculpture of dancing people in Central Park Gardens

• Columbus Cafe mural by Carousel Stationery

• Covell Greenbelt Dog Sculptures

• Cow Fountain at The Marketplace

• Mediation sculpture of hands in Central Park Gardens

• “Davis ’88” tile mural at the DMV

• New Again, aka the “Davis Family Mural”

• The Dancing Pigs at The Marketplace

• The Dominoes

• Driven to Davis

• Flutter and Hum

• The Joggers aka “The Eyesore” in Downtown

• Ken’s Bike & Ski‘s south wall is painted with a mural

• The L and 2nd Garden

• The Lamplighter Players

• The Locomotive Hedge

• The Mace Ranch Community Tile Project

• The N Street Park mural – a dinosaur cloud parade

• Plant Plaza between Thai Nakorn and the USDA building on G Street

• Portrait of a Plump Tomato at the Davis Food Co-Op Shopping Center

• Send My Roots Rain, a series of metal gateways in the Northstar Nature Trail

• Stan, the Submerging Man in front of John Natsoulas Art Gallery

• Standing Wave

• Stevenson Bridge located west of Davis

• Straw Bale Bench at the train depot

• The Ugliest Statue outside of Albertsons

• The Loneliness of Integrity between the Library and the Veterans Memorial Building

• Solar Intersections on the south side of 2nd Street, where it ends at the Train Station (used to be a mini traffic circle)

• Tidal Play sculpture of dolphins and an otter in Slide Hill Park

• Wheel Dome

• Woman On Balance Beam on the North East corner of 5th Street and Pole Line Road at Fifth Avenue Place

 

UC Davis Campus

Of course there is the beautiful UC Davis Arboretum filled with lovely walkways, bridges, lakes and more.

 

The Egghead sculptures are quite popular and unique to Davis. Here is a convenient map of their locations and a very nice walking tour for the while family.

Wherever you shoot your family portrait in Davis, have fun and send us the pix.