Yellow Springs Farm Wedding Clifton Gorge Wedding Photos Hike
February 13, 2025
One Of The Best Wedding Days Ever
There are so many great things I can say about my 244th wedding on October 12, 2024. This was my second wedding in Yellow Springs within the past month, and it was a great one. Clifton Gorge and a private 60-acre farm were our two wedding venues for the day. The couple chose my 6-hour wedding photography package, which perfectly fit their day.
The Wedding Couple
Having already photographed their engagement session at Wegerzyn Gardens, I knew this couple was going to be one of my favorites. Both were very laid back and open to posing directions and ideas. I treat posing like cooking. The couple, the scenery, and the poses all come together like a recipe to create a beautiful result. Little tweaks of a hand or a leg can create a more pleasing image while making the couple feel good about themselves. I also sprinkled in a lot of humor and self-deprecation during a shoot, which they responded well to. At the engagement, I threw out an idea to arm wrestle at a table in the park. While I was suggesting this to be silly, they loved the photo so much, it was a keepsake photo at their wedding reception.
On the wedding day, the couple was equally chill and into whatever I suggested. I knew it was going to go well when the bride was 50 minutes late to Clifton Gorge after her makeup artist forgot important parts of her makeup kit. Starting a wedding day running behind can throw many couples and timelines into disarray. Not this couple. We all rolled with it and adjusted the times for other events. We still had an hour-long hike through Clifton Gorge to do epic nature-based wedding portraits. This hour was one of the most fun hours I have ever had creating wedding photos.
Clifton Gorge Wedding Portraits And Nike
The bride, groom, bridesmaid, and I set up a first look just inside the park. Once this had taken place, I started following the wedding couple. They had already scouted locations during the week, so there were locations we had to hit. Along the way, I found photo locations I thought would also make amazing spots for wedding photos. As I took the photos, I knew they were good. We made it to most of the chosen spots, all of which were outstanding. I like to take the couple’s suggestions and tweak them for the most pleasing photos. Combining a great location and an energetic couple created so many great photos.
Farm Wedding And Reception
The couple’s farm was only a few minutes from this great Ohio park, so travel time was almost non-existent. Once I arrived at the farm, I analyzed the reception area (barn) and other photo-friendly areas. There were old barns and outbuildings as well as acres of rolling corn fields. I knew where the sunset would occur, so I scouted a great sunset photo location with a cornfield in between. On the property were metal grain silos and a John Deere combine, all things I wanted to use in the wedding photos. The front porch of the house had a porch swing with rusty chains. I took the time to place the bride, in her off-white dress, between the chains to create a beautiful complementary framing of her face. Always finding new and unexpected photo locations and props is always exciting on a wedding day.
The wedding and reception took place inside this newly completed steel and concrete barn. The officiant was very entertaining and quite different from most other officiants. He held everyone’s attention and made the wedding ceremony very interesting. City BBQ catered the event and had some of the nicest employees I’ve met in a long time. Wedding receptions like this one are fun, personal, and memorable. Fun can be had at large wedding receptions as well, but small ones seem to have a very fun and unique feel to them.
A+, 5-Star, 10/10 Wedding from this Dayton wedding photographer.
