Canaan Springs Editorial Shoot Star Tannery Virginia

Canaan Springs in Star Tannery, Virginia

Today’s blog post features Canaan Springs in Star Tannery, Virginia. This is a new wedding venue in the area. It has it all, a gorgeous renovated getting ready house, a rustic barn with true charm, multiple ceremony locations all with 360 degree views of the mountains, and more! I love that EVERYTHING is in one place with a short stroll on the grounds. In other words, you can easily navigate from the ceremony to cocktail hour and then to the reception. In addition, there is a deck to take a break from the reception and a patio for extra dance floor or outdoor games.

I had the privilege of working with an amazing vendor team to put together an editorial styled shoot to showcase this new venue. Forest and Field Flower Co. who I featured a few weeks ago, found this gem of a venue and planned the entire shoot! They had a vision and ran with it, which of course was better than anything I could have imagined.

The top of the hill, one of the higher points on the property is where our ceremony took place. However, there are many ceremony options at the barn to give you the ceremony you envision. Forest and Field created the perfect addition to the ceremony arch provided by Canaan Springs by adding a lush florals arrangement. Canaan Springs has hardwood solid church pews as seating that are a unique addition. In the front, guests have the ceremony on a mountain view backdrop. Then behind them is the cocktail hour and reception space!

Similarly, the reception space highlighted the height of the barn with a chandelier and Edison bulbs run across. The farm tables and metal chairs give a neutral color pallet and allowed for the colors in Forest and Fields florals pop! To enhance the reception space even more Forest and Field created a balloon garland around the spiral staircase which was fun and unlike anything I have seen before!

In conclusion, no styled shoot is complete without real food. Board and Table Co. provided a charcuterie board. We used it to showcase the claw foot tube in the main house which can be rented for the wedding night. Similarly, Sweet Escapes Home Bakery provided a banana nut cake for us to not only photography but also enjoy! It was beautiful and also very delicious!

Our goal was to highlight all of the areas of the venue to showcase to couples what is available in the area. Similarly, we were able to showcase the talent of many other amazingly talented vendors. This shoot was possible because of the talent and dedication from the amazing vendors. In other words, if you are in search of vendors for your big day please look into these, because they are wonderful people and it would support small business.