Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Nittany Country Club, Mingoville

A wedding at Nittany Country Club near Mingoville is an evening with mountains on every side. The club's nine-hole course sits away from traffic and industry, with views of the surrounding mountains, so the walk from the clubhouse onto the grounds gives your photographer and videographer open green land and ridgelines for wedding photos and film. It is a quiet, unhurried place, which suits couples planning a smaller celebration.

Here is what you can plan: the clubhouse banquet hall is open year-round to members and non-members for a wedding reception, and the club's culinary staff can cater the whole meal. The hall holds 110, and the club sets its wedding limit at 100 guests, keeping room for music, the cake table and the dancing. The site doesn't mention ceremonies on the grounds, so if you hope to get married here as well, ask the club when you call. The Grill Room next door has a view of the course and a large covered porch, though its bar service is for members only.

Your wedding day here works best as a cozy dinner party. Guests stay close together, toasts carry easily in a room this size, and a wedding videographer can catch every face at the head table without chasing the sound across a huge ballroom. Ask about the light in the hall at the hour you plan your first dance, and about stepping outside at sunset for pictures with the mountains behind you.

• Call the club to check your date and talk through the catered menu.
• Keep your guest list near 100.
• Ask whether a ceremony on site is possible, and which parts of the grounds you may use for pictures.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines when you visit.

A little about Nittany Country Club

Nittany Country Club opened in 1895 as the Nittany Rod and Gun Club, at the base of the mountain near the old Hecla Furnace, where members came for trout streams and quail. The original clubhouse later burned, but the landscape that drew those first members is still here.