Brookside Farms – The perfect place for wedding, engagement and bridal photographs.
With it’s rolling hill sides, old fence backdrops, and historic Barn, Brookside Farms is an amazing place for a wedding. Set on 120 acres of lush pastures, Brookside Farms provides no-ends of possibilities for a modern wedding with an old-world touch.
Separate houses are provided for both brides and grooms, (the farm house for the Bride and the “The Lodge” for the groom), to allow them to get ready for their big day. And when I say houses, I mean it. These aren’t simple rooms with just enough space for the wedding party to get dressed; these are fully fledged homes with areas to meet and mingle, full sized bed rooms for the bride and her party to prepare. These homes are perfect for pre-ceremony photos – capturing those small, intimate, moments where everything comes together.
The ceremony itself can be held in any number of areas on this sprawling farm. Both the fields and the historic barn are two great locations for a wedding filled with ambiance. Trees and wooden fences dot the landscape, giving any outdoor wedding a picturesque backdrop. The barn, a 6,000 square foot historic structure, is perfect for both wedding ceremonies and receptions. It has extra rooms for catering use as well as completely modern restrooms – no guest has to worry about using an outhouse!
The farm house, as mentioned above, is a beautiful location for wedding photos and can also serve as housing for out-of-town guests. It’s an 1870’s brick house that has been completely restored with 3 bedrooms, two full baths, an functioning kitchen, a sitting room, sun room, and living & dining rooms. It’s a gorgeous place to take pictures of the bride and her party when she puts on her wedding dress. There’s even wireless internet for those people who want to keep their social media friends who couldn’t attend in the loop.
It’s important to mention that there are a lot of people involved with any ceremony. Wedding florists, wedding planners, wedding caterers and of course wedding photographers; Brookside Farms is set up perfectly to handle all of these flawlessly with a dedicated staff ready to help in any way needed.
When I was there last, taking photos for a couple who later became good friends, I found the Brookside Farms to be filled with charm and convenience. The perfect confluence of beauty and practicality. There was no where on the property to take a bad photo – the farm did most of the work for me. And when the evening finally came, and the sun began to set behind the hills the photos just kept getting better and better. Brookside Farms isn’t just limited to wedding day photography either. Engagement photos and Bridal Portraits can be taken there as well.
Benjamin Lehman is a Commercial Wedding Photographer from Canton, Ohio.
