Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Sunset Ridge Venue, Cochranton

Wedding photos at Sunset Ridge Venue in Cochranton take in a lot of sky. The barn sits atop a scenic ridge with open fields around it, so your photographer and wedding videographer have wide views and plenty of natural light to work with from the moment you step outside.

You can spend your whole wedding day here. The wedding ceremony can be outdoors on the patio under the pergola, looking out over the countryside, or inside the barn, and there is a flexible indoor option if the weather turns. Bride and groom suites are designed for hair, makeup and dressing (they are an optional add-on), so the getting-ready pictures happen on site too. Between the ceremony and your grand entrance, the ridge and the fields give you room to wander for portraits of the two of you and the wedding party, ideally as the evening light comes in.

Your wedding reception moves inside to the barn, a room with dramatic high ceilings that holds up to 250 guests comfortably. That height gives the first dance and the toasts a real sense of space on video. Every wedding includes exclusive use of the venue for three full days, so you can decorate the day before and clean up after without rushing, and the team helps throughout the event and with teardown. The venue publishes a preferred vendor list and offers a discounted DJ add-on. The entrance and restrooms are handicap accessible, with reserved parking, and caterers and vendors can park privately.

• Weekends from April through October are kept for weddings; check the available dates on the venue's calendar and call to set up a tour.
• Visit at the hour your ceremony will start to see how the light falls across the ridge.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines and which parts of the grounds you can use for pictures.

A little about Sunset Ridge Venue

Sunset Ridge is a barn venue in southern Crawford County. Weekends in wedding season belong to couples, and on weekdays and in the off-season the barn hosts baby showers, birthday and graduation parties and family reunions. Reviews on the venue's site describe the bride and groom suites and the outdoor ceremony space as additions of recent years.