Barns are where the more fun and creative couples go to get married.
We all know that, right? 😉
But even the most creative couples can struggle a little to come up with really eye-catching wedding party photo ideas for while they’re there.
It’s not because there aren’t ideas to be had, though.
It’s usually because there are so many.
It’s a kind of paralysis by analysis that happens as a result of having so many possibilities and opportunities in front of you that you get frozen trying to choose which one to start with.
Well, you’ll be happy to hear that we’ve collected some specific ideas for you to start with as a way of helping you out of that rut.
As with so many other things in life, starting is the hardest part, but if you just choose one of these wedding party photo ideas and run with it, all the others you want to do will fall into place as you go after that.
Note: Don’t forget your decor.
1. Closed Barn Doors (Or Barn Wall)
This one’s obvious, right?
Well, obvious doesn’t mean bad.
And the iconic shot of the newly married couple together in front of the closed barn doors or that big wooden barn wall is iconic for a reason.
One of the things about your photo collection after your wedding is that it should be abundantly clear in every shot where it was that you got married.
After all, why bother going to a place with dramatic mountain views or a white sandy beach only to get married in some concrete box that doesn’t have any windows?
You might as well just stay home in that case.
A barn is the same.
So, if you’re getting married at a barn, be sure to get a few shots of you with the parts of the barn that make it a barn.
2. Walking Together Through Open Barn Doors
The next on our curated list of wedding party photo ideas is still incorporating the barn doors, but in a slightly different way.
Picture it in your mind if you can:
You just finished the ceremony, and you’re now officially married.
Where’s the first place you go as a newly married couple?
Right through those doors and into the big open space of the outside world to embrace and explore it together.
So, naturally, one of the best shots you can get is one of both of you exiting the barn together through those big doors to start your new life together.
3. The Two of You In Front of The Scenery
Depending on where exactly your chosen barn venue is located, “the scenery” might be a view of the mountains in the distance, a lake or pond, or a wide open field.
It might even be the entrance to a magical-looking forest.
Whatever the case, you’ll want to get some shots of yourselves with that scenery clearly in the background.
Additionally, you might want to get some of you interacting with that scenery in some fun way.
For example, you could get one of you standing or frolicking together in a meadow or crop field.
Or you could get one of you both surrounded by a field of flowers.
You can work with whatever scenery your barn venue has.
And if you really want things to look spectacular, you can try timing these shots around twilight, as the sun is starting to go down.
4. The Farmhouse Porch
Almost every barn is going to come complete with a matching farmhouse.
That’s just kind of how it works.
And as a way of symbolizing the fact that you’re not only starting a new life but also a new home together, a shot of the two of you on the farmhouse porch is another staple for barn weddings.
And it will be even better if your venue has a farmhouse that aesthetically and architecturally keeps to that traditional style that Americana is so known and loved for.
Bonus points if there’s also some greenery on the porch, or some pumpkins and other seasonal things during fall or winter.
5. A Crop Field
It’s a barn.
Barns are for farming.
We know this.
And yet, when trying to come up with quirky wedding party photo ideas, people often neglect the part of the property that it’s all about.
Without the crops (or livestock), there would be no need for a barn in the first place.
So, be sure to get some photos of both of you in that lovely open field, either recently harvested or erupting with delicious produce.
On a symbolic level, this also represents the two of you sharing the seasons of your lives with each other and being each other’s source of emotional nourishment in that “I will fill your cup” sort of way.
Just as agriculture sustains America, so too shall you sustain each other.
Depict a Sense of Where You Are
That’s really what lies at the core of all these wedding party photo ideas.
Regardless of which locations around the property you choose for your photo ops or what poses you strike, the goal really is to capture the spirit and essence of where it all started for the two of you.
If you were getting married in a skyscraper in Chicago, you’d want to make it clear that you were in a skyscraper in Chicago, and your decor, attire, and choices of backdrop would all reflect that.
This is no less true for a barn venue.
Your wedding is the day when it all starts for you as a married couple.
So why make anything ambiguous? 🌻
