Places To Take Engagement Photos Near Me

Now that you’ve booked your wedding experience package with your favorite  South Carolina wedding photographer, I bet you’re about to start searching for places to take engagement photos near me! Well let me tell you, there’s a ton of places near you, right here in Columbia, South Carolina, and I’m going to tell you all about them! Ready to visit some top locations for your engagement session?

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Top Locations For Engagement Photos

While I can’t stress enough the importance of taking portraits at a location that is sentimental to you and your partner first, I’ve got you covered if you don’t have that special spot. So let’s start out with the most popular Columbia, South Carolina location for engagement photos: The South Carolina State House!

The South Carolina Statehouse

There’s so many spots at the South Carolina State House to capture your gorgeous engagement photos. The light always seems to be perfect around every corner and under every tree. This is definitely the location to choose if you’re going for a more formal look.

So many of my couples request engagement sessions at the South Carolina Statehouse due to the impeccable upkeep of the grounds, its central location in Columbia, the grounds and building almost always being open to the public, and the way that its marble columns can elevate the look of formal Columbia, SC engagement photos.

The University Of South Carolina Horseshoe

A perfect place to take engagement photos near you is the University of South Carolina Horseshoe. Many couple’s who’ve attended USC here in Columbia, South Carolina find this location to be hot spot for their couple’s portraits. The grounds are always kept pristine and are always open for couple’s to celebrate their engagements!

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Main St., Columbia, SC

Another favorite SC engagement photos location in Columbia I love to go to is Main Street! All of the local shops, restaurants, and bars help create beautiful Columbia, South Carolina engagement photographs that are both classy and timeless with that big city feel. There are also quite a few different parking garages throughout Columbia that are accessed via Main Street that the public can use for their Columbia, South Carolina engagement photographs.

One of my favorite things to do with a couple is meet them on the street for a cocktails and photographs, and then lead them into some more formal engagement photographs at the top of a parking garage as the sun sets. Or you can schedule your session on a Saturday morning and visit Soda City Market for your engagement photos!

Your Favorite Brewery!

One place I always adore capturing engagement photos at is your favorite local brewery in Columbia, South Carolina. Columbia has so many options that provide industrial and urban settings to get your more relaxed engagement photos. Couple’s I’ve known really love breweries like River Rat Brewery and  Hunter Gatherer Brewery.

Your Favorite Local Park

There’s so many amazing parks around Columbia, South Carolina to take your engagement photos. The West Columbia Riverwalk! The city of Columbia has done such a wonderful job with the Riverwalk, and it is such a beautiful location for Columbia, South Carolina engagement photos to be taken. 

Even the two beautiful parks right in the heart of Five Points, Martin Luther King Jr. Park and Maxcy Greg Park, provide beautiful settings for Columbia, South Carolina engagement photographs.

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Places To Take Engagement Photos Near Me

If you are a couple searching for places to take engagement photos near me in Columbia, South Carolina, please be sure to check out my thoughts on how to choose a location for your engagement session that fits you in your partner best so your photos have a sentimental meaning for you.

As an intentional South Carolina wedding photographer, it’s always my goal to create imagery that features the uniqueness and special parts of each partnership. I want my couples to be able to see themselves in their Columbia, South Carolina engagement portraits, and that’s why it’s so important to choose a location for your engagement photos that is not only beautiful for your photographs but also sentimental for you and your partner as well.