Main Street Station: Celebrating Seven Years!

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One of the joys of moving to a new city as a wedding photographer is the freshness of new locations for photoshoots and weddings. And oh my goodness, does Richmond have a plethora of amazing spaces to choose from!! The scenery of Brown’s Island, the regality of the Jefferson Hotel, the edgy fun of Shockoe Bottom murals… It is truly a city that has something for capturing every kind of couple’s photography desires!

Couple laughing together in front of a colorful geometric mural, the woman playfully touching his nose
Parents crouching on a lawn with twin toddler daughters in matching red, white, and blue gingham dresses
Couple embracing on a sunlit path beneath blossoming spring trees
Mother, father, and daughter holding hands while strolling a garden lane past a wooden gazebo

Why Main Street Station Is a Favorite Richmond Photo Spot

One of my tip top favorite locations in downtown Richmond is Main Street Station. I shoot there as much as I can, and love the mixture of beautiful architecture and fun city life that surrounds the Station. From classic to creative, you can capture couples of all personalities in super stunning ways at this venue.

Bride and groom in a blue suit smiling nose to nose beside stone columns and green steel beams

A Styled Shoot Celebrating Seven Years of Marriage

When friends and fellow church members, Josh & Justina, jumped to do a styled-shoot for me last month, I knew I had to take them to Main Street Station.

Bride with bouquet and groom in white tuxedo standing beneath the stone arches of Main Street Station
Bride and groom smiling at each other over a white rose bouquet against pale stone walls

The front entryway of this train treasure just makes my heart sing!! Love those stone walls! And aren’t Josh & Justina just the most stunning???

Couple sharing a quiet moment among the massive stone columns of Main Street Station's entryway
Bride resting her head on the groom's shoulder as they hold hands outside the station entrance
Bride leaning gently on the groom's shoulder, a bouquet of white flowers between them
Bride and groom laughing together beside a rugged stone column at Richmond's Main Street Station
Couple touching noses in a tender moment beside weathered stone pillars

Capturing actual wedding days is a delight, but there’s a different kind of special knowing Josh & Justina are celebrating seven years of faithful marriage this year! Their love has been through a lot, and they still keep fighting to champion the best in each other! Such an encouragement to this five-month-old newlywed!

Black and white portrait of the bride smiling while the groom leans close under the train shed
Groom nuzzling the smiling bride's cheek beneath the elevated railway outside Main Street Station
Full-length view of the couple about to kiss on brick pavement beneath the railway overpass
Bride and groom holding hands across the street from Main Street Station's grand facade
Newlyweds smiling at one another in front of the station's stone steps and arched doorways
Groom wrapping his arms around the bride from behind as she laughs over her shoulder
Groom embracing the bride from behind while she smiles toward the evening light
Couple pausing under a downtown Richmond transit shelter, the bride holding her white bouquet
Groom kissing the bride's cheek at a city bus stop near the elevated tracks

Endless Photo Options Around the Station

One of the reasons I love shooting around Main Street Station is how many OPTIONS you have outside the venue!!! The angles in front of, across the street, around the corner… they are numerous and make for a fun variety of photos!!

Bride and groom gazing down the sunny street together from a transit shelter
Close view of the groom kissing the beaming bride's temple along a downtown street

Soaking Up the Downtown Richmond City Feel

I’m all for mountains and fields of beautiful portraits, but give me a fun downtown like Richmond any day and I will go ham with photos like these!! Gah, love the city feel!!

Black and white frame of the couple strolling hand in hand through a tree-lined plaza
Smiling bride walking ahead of the groom while holding his hand on a shaded plaza
Couple walking side by side through a plaza with historic brick buildings behind them
Bride beaming toward the camera as the groom follows behind holding her hand

Justinaaaaaaa, let’s go girl!!!

Bride in a lace gown holding her bouquet on a sunlit sidewalk near old storefronts
Portrait of the bride with a gold headpiece cradling a bouquet of white roses
Couple crossing a cobblestone street with Main Street Station's long train shed behind them
Newlyweds pausing on the cobblestones as the elevated train shed stretches behind them

Phewww… This Virginia wedding photographer knows it is such a gift to be in new to a place that keeps leaving you in awe of its innumerable locations for photo magic! Scott & Shannon, Elsa & Caleb, and others (more to be posted here soon!) are just the tip of getting to showcase beautiful people in this beautiful place I now call home! Can’t wait for more to come.

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