Guest Resources

There is something about an October wedding in Central Illinois that just makes sense. The fields are changing. The trees are changing. The temperature is changing. The light is changing. And if you are getting married at a real farm wedding venue, sometimes the entire landscape changes between the beginning and end of the month. At Pole Barn Chic Events in Springfield, Illinois, we don't have to create a fall setting.

Fall happens around us.

Some years, the corn is still standing. By fall, it has dried and turned brown, creating a completely different backdrop from the tall green corn of summer. Other times, harvest has already begun. And sometimes? There is a giant combine working in the field next to the parking lot.

Welcome to a real Central Illinois farm wedding.

There is something about getting engaged in the fall. Maybe it's the cooler weather. Maybe it's the leaves. Maybe it's the sweaters, boots and the fact that nobody is trying to smile romantically while secretly sweating through their clothes. Whatever the reason, fall engagement photos in Central Illinois can be absolutely beautiful. And couples around Springfield have some incredible locations to choose from. We have wooded trails. Lakes. Prairie. Historic architecture. Rolling parkland. Old trees. Country roads. And one location that practically begs to be photographed in October:

the historic covered bridge in Glenarm, Illinois.

If you're recently engaged and planning a Central Illinois wedding, here are some of the places I would consider for beautiful fall engagement photographs around Springfield.

Be her mom. Not her decorator. Not her cleanup crew. Not her delivery driver. Not her wedding coordinator. Not the person ironing linens while everyone else gets their hair done.

Her mom.

Because for all the attention we give the bride on wedding day, there's a mother standing a few feet away experiencing something enormous, too.

Her daughter is getting married.