Heidi Strates Photography


Location Guide

Check out a few of my favorite places to capture Senior and Graduate Portraits.

Other locations are available!

Reynolda Gardens


A classic location with ties to Winston-Salem history. Beautiful summer gardens, a greenhouse (Exterior shots only), and garden structures to create a variety in your portrait session!


Must be scheduled in advance

$50 Location Fee

Reynolds Garden, Summer Blooms

Dogwood Farms


Located in Belews Creek, North Carolina


Seasonal Flowers (variable by year)

*Poppies, Larkspur (April, May)

* Sunflowers, Zinnias, Marigolds (June-August)

*Sunflowers (August-September)

*Grasses (August-October)


$50 Location Fee


Dogwood Farm, Poppy Season

Dewberry Farms


Located in Kernersville, North Carolina


A beautiful Hobby Farms that offers a variety of flowers, fence lines, and barns. It's the perfect location for classic portraits as well as dramatic fields of flowers (Spring and summer)


Tulips- Spring

Sunflowers- Summer

Mixed flower beds- seasonal


Must be scheduled in advance

$25 Location Fee

Dewberry Farm, Tulip Festival

Tanglewood Park


Located in Clemmons, North Carolina


A beautiful location with plenty of variety. From fences and fields to flowers and trees. Tanglewood Park is a great option for classic portraits as well as current trends.


Available year-round, formal gardens may close for events


$2 entry fee/car

No Location Fee



Tanglewood Park- Dirt Road, Formal Gardens

Downtown Winston-Salem

Bailey Park, 4th Street, Herschel Plaza


A great choice for classic portraits or the Grad that wants something a little different. The texture and lines of downtown make it the perfect backdrop and provides a variety of options. Winston-Salem is the City of the Arts so you can expect lots of street art, cool architecture, and a vibrant city scene.


Bailey Park must be scheduled in advance


No Location Fee

Bailey Park, November

Studio


Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina


Perfectly posed and planned, a studio session is a great option for the creative soul. The studio is your oyster, and we can make just about anything happen!


Coordinate the backdrop color to your tassel, add a stack of books or a bouquet of flowers, or go all out drama with colored lighting and a big chair. The creative abyss is yours to command!


No Location Fee