J&J: Beauty Inside Main Street Station

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One of the reasons Main Street Station here in Richmond, Virginia, is so high up on my list of favorite places to shoot is because of how many epic areas there are for portraits both inside and outside the venue!

In particular, if you are looking for somewhere with incredible symmetry and amazing framing that allows you to create photos perfect for printing large, epic canvases, you have to check out this historic train station in Richmond!

Couple in black outfits embracing beneath the wooden train shed roof at Main Street Station in Richmond
Black and white portrait of a couple holding hands in the vast empty train shed at Main Street Station
Bride and groom crossing a cobblestone street outside Main Street Station in Richmond, the train shed behind them

Btw… If these two look familiar, it is because I photographed their seven-years of love all around the city outside Main Street Station a few months ago!

Smiling bride with a white bouquet leading the groom by hand along a tree-lined Richmond sidewalk
Bride and groom touch noses beside a stone pillar, holding a bouquet of white roses

Exploring Inside Main Street Station

This time around, we explored this venue’s beautiful indoor opportunities. Main Street Station’s spacious rooms and grand ceilings give photographers amazing proportions to position clients in ways that honors the beauty of the architecture AND captures the beauty of the couple!!

Couple embracing at the center of the empty train shed, shown in striking black and white symmetry
Couple standing close together under the timber roof of the glass-walled train shed at Main Street Station

Pillars… archways… glass… engravings… this place has it all! Such epic, timeless portraits are possible within these walls!!

Black and white view of the couple nose to nose against a tall marble column inside the station
Couple embracing against a marble column in a peach-toned room with cafe tables at Main Street Station
Close view of the woman smiling brightly as her partner leans in beside a sunlit marble column

And when you have a beautiful couple.. they just make it so easy! I mean, come on!!!

Couple nearly kissing before grand arched wooden doors and windows, captured in black and white

This symmetry, y’all… all the heart eyes!

Couple smiling at each other in front of an arched wooden doorway framed by marble pillars

Richmond Tributes in the Station Decor

Another reason I love Main Street Station for photos… the little tributes to Richmond scattered in classy ways throughout the Station’s decor!

Couple holding hands and laughing beneath a vintage Richmond poster on a peach wall
Couple sharing a smile beside a marble railing under a framed vintage Richmond, Virginia travel poster
Man and woman holding hands and grinning below the historic Richmond poster inside Main Street Station

Some photos were just MADE to be printed on a canvas…

Couple holding hands beneath a tall marble archway with a fireplace and leather armchairs behind them

Little tip if you’re an engaged couple looking for a wedding venue… pick somewhere you WANT TO show off in your photos!! Somewhere you can’t wait to be captured! Somewhere you could imagine a photographer getting epic shots of you and your new hubby/wife! You spend so much money on this wedding ticket item… make it a venue you want to remember!!!

Black and white portrait of the couple framed by a grand marble archway in the station lounge
Sunlight streaming across marble floors as the couple stands hand in hand in an ornate archway

Plan Your Own Main Street Station Session

I hope these photos encourage you to check out Main Street Station as a possibility for your next photo opportunity here in Richmond, VA! And again… if you’re recently engaged and looking for a wedding venue that will give you history, class, symmetry, and stunning views inside AND out… run don’t walk to take a tour through Main Street Station!!

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