Venue Guide · Milton, FL

A wedding
at Sowell Farms

Farmhouse intimacy with the kind of sunset you'd expect to pay extra for.

Photographed by 8nfinity · Shawn & Tina

Style

Farm · Rustic-luxury

Capacity

Up to 200

Best Light

30 min before sunset

Our Take

Plan around the field

The honest take

What we’d tell a couple planning a wedding here.

Sowell Farms is what couples who want a real farm wedding (without the bachelorette-party-shed-with-fairy-lights aesthetic) end up booking. The barn is genuinely beautiful, the field is genuinely a working pasture, and the open western sky means every wedding here ends with a 20-minute golden hour window that does most of our work for us.

First dance in the low, warm light of the Sowell Farms reception
A kiss beneath a violet and amber sunset at Sowell Farms
Foreheads together against a fiery sunset at Sowell Farms
Wedding party laughing together in the Sowell Farms barn
Couple embracing among the trees in golden evening light
Black-and-white couple under the pergola
Bride by the window with her bouquet before the ceremony
Bride and groom in a quiet, close moment at Sowell Farms
Bride getting ready, reflected in the mirror of the prep room
Bride leaning back in her groom's arms at golden hour, Sowell Farms
Bride under a passing rainbow by the rustic fence at Sowell Farms
Bride and groom close together in the last warm light of the day

A real wedding here

Paul + Angela

Milton, FL · Sowell Farms

The field portraits at golden hour were beyond anything we imagined. Shawn knew exactly where to put us and when to move — and the result was a gallery we're still sharing with everyone we know.

— Paul + Angela

Planning notes

Four things we wish every couple knew before booking.

Timing
Move the ceremony 15 minutes later than your planner suggests — the field portraits 20 minutes after vows are the best images of the whole day.
Light
Open western sky, no tree cover at the field. Strong sun until ~45 min before sunset, then perfect. The barn is darker than it looks; we plan for both.
Layout
It's a working farm. Heels are a problem. Mention this to your bridesmaids before they're walking through 200 yards of grass in stilettos.
Where to put us
We split — one of us in the barn for getting-ready, one outside scouting the field. Tell us where your first look is happening.

Sowell Farms

Getting married here? Let’s talk.

We accept 40 weddings per year. Pensacola and Destin dates book 12–18 months out. The earlier we know about your day, the better we can plan for it.

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Kind words

What our couples say afterward

5.0 stars · 113 reviews

“Shawn helped coordinate everything, was great to work with, and produced incredible photos. Couldn’t be happier with his work…”

— Michael & Rachael

“Each image told a story, from quiet glances to the bigger celebrations. Shawn and Tina captured the emotion of the day without making it feel staged.”

— Tyler & Hannah

“Shawn and Tina were some of our most cherished vendors. The gallery brought the whole day back to us, and we are so grateful for the way they documented it.”

— Kirk & Danielle
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