Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Omni Bedford Springs Resort & Spa, Bedford

A wedding at Omni Bedford Springs Resort & Spa in Bedford gives your photographer and videographer room to roam. The resort sits among the Allegheny Mountains and old forests, and its grounds include wide lawns, a mill and an outdoor Wedding Grotto set aside for ceremonies. The resort's wedding spaces are planned around natural light, which shows in wedding photos and video from the ceremony right through the reception.

You can hold almost everything here. Your wedding ceremony can be outdoors at the Wedding Grotto (seating for about 230), on the Spa Lawn (about 240) or on the much larger Front Event Lawn. The Mill and the lawn beside it are another option. Cocktails can follow on the Veranda or the Spa Lawn. With 216 guest rooms on site, your bridal party and guests can stay the night, and the whole wedding day, from getting ready to the last dance, happens at one address.

For dinner and dancing, there's a choice of ballrooms. The Colonnade Ballroom is the largest, set up for about 300 guests at round tables, while the Eisenhower and Reagan Ballrooms each seat about 160, a good fit for a smaller guest list. The resort also has a spa and several restaurants for the rest of your weekend. For your wedding videographer, an indoor ballroom keeps the toasts clear of wind, while the lawns give a long, open processional with the mountains behind it.

• Talk with the resort's events team about dates and which ceremony site suits your guest count.
• Walk the grounds with your photographer and videographer at the hour your ceremony will start.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines and the rain plan for outdoor sites.

A little about Omni Bedford Springs Resort & Spa

Bedford Springs grew up around mineral springs and opened as a resort in 1806. A sitting president spent his summers here in the late 1850s, and part of the property became a National Historic Landmark District in 1991. After years closed, it reopened in 2007 following a long restoration.