Here’s a new venue in York County that will be available for wedding rentals soon – Stickney Lodge. The York County Fish and Game Association has this log cabin in the wilderness (okay, Lyman), and it has a perfect rustic feel for laid-back weddings and other events.
Last week Lucia and I did a photoshoot there with Laurie Andrews Designs and Blue Elephant Events and Catering (who have started a new venue management company called LA Blue) to show prospective couples what a wedding there might look like.
When Lucia and I arrived, the LA Blue team had already brought in much of the beautiful interior decor you’ll see in these images, but the outside of the lodge was a little rough. In order to create the images that you see above, I needed everyone to stop what they were doing and transform the exterior, and to their credit, they did it. Laurie, Melissa, Fausto, Joe, and Lucia – thank you.
Here are my favorite images of the interior of the lodge. Thanks for looking! – Will
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Thanks for reading all the way down! Here’s a group shot of most of us that made this shoot happen (taken at the end of a physical work day!)
Fausto and Joe from Blue Elephant Events and Catering; Laurie and Melissa from Laurie Andrews Event Design; and Lucia and myself (Focus Photograph)
