Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Heathfields Farm, Williamsburg

Planning a wedding at Heathfields Farm in Williamsburg feels like celebrating in your own backyard, if your backyard came with a historic farmhouse, a barn and twelve acres of corn or soybeans rolling out to the horizon. The landscaping and blooming trees are at their best in May and June, and the views from every farmhouse window give your photographer and videographer real country scenery to frame your wedding photos.

Most couples book the wedding weekend: 48 hours on the farm, from Friday at noon to Sunday at noon, with lodging for four in the farmhouse. You can host the rehearsal, the rehearsal dinner, the wedding ceremony and the reception all here. The farmhouse has a room set aside as a bridal suite, with 10-foot ceilings and restored hardwood floors for getting-ready pictures, while the groom and groomsmen relax in the barn's finished loft on leather couches.

Your reception moves outside to a 40 by 80 tent on a concrete floor, used for 60 to 200 guests from May through November, with sides, heaters or fans as the weather calls for. A happy hour patio with its own small building holds the bar and appetizers, and the barn's party room gives your caterer space for the buffet. A built-in sound system connects to your DJ, so music carries across the venue area, a plus for clean wedding video audio. You bring your own caterer, bartender and DJ, and the staff handles setup of the tables and chairs.

• Contact the farm for a tour and open dates.
• Walk the property with your photographer before your wedding day.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines and decorating rules.

A little about Heathfields Farm

Heathfields dates from 1889 and sits at the corner of Route 32 and McKeever Pike, just under 15 minutes east of Eastgate.