JULY 2026 · THE KELLEY FARM, BONNEY LAKE
A summer barn wedding at The Kelley Farm
Jenifer and Joe were married at The Kelley Farm in Bonney Lake on a Saturday at the end of July. Evaro Studios photographed the day. If you are looking for a Kelley Farm wedding photographer, this is what the place actually gives you across an afternoon and an evening.
The farmhouse was a wedding gift in 1907. That is not a marketing line, it is the reason the property feels the way it does. It was built for one family and it has been kept rather than redeveloped. The barn is modern and the grounds are working farm fields, so you get the clean lines couples want now and the open space and long light that photographs well.
It sits in Bonney Lake, which is the practical part. Far enough out to feel rural, close enough to Seattle and Tacoma that your guests are not making a weekend of it unless they want to.
THE VENUE
What a day at The Kelley Farm actually looks like
Three settings on one property
The barn, the farm fields and the gardens each light differently, so you are not shooting the same background all evening. On a long summer wedding that variety is most of what makes a gallery worth looking at twice.
It is a coordinated day
Jenifer and Joe had a day-of coordinator on site from one in the afternoon until eleven at night. On a farm venue that matters, because catering, rentals, florals and sound all arrive and leave on the same single approach. A coordinator is the difference between a relaxed timeline and a scramble.
Book the summer for the light
Late July in western Washington holds usable light until around nine, so a barn wedding here can run a full evening outdoors. Build the couple's portraits around the hour before sunset and let the reception carry the rest.
THE REST OF THE EVENING
Reception, and the light going
Farm receptions have a shape to them. The room fills, the speeches land, then the light drops and everything moves outside or into the barn and the evening gets loose. That last hour is usually where the photographs people actually print come from.
Where this was shot
The Kelley Farm, 20021 Sumner-Buckley Hwy E, Bonney Lake, WA 98391. The ceremony was outdoors at the wooden arch in the farm field, and the reception was in the barn.
PLAN YOURS
Booking a Kelley Farm wedding
Full wedding coverage starts at Essentials $3,000, and most couples land at Story $4,500, which adds a second photographer and a highlight film. A barn wedding that runs a full evening is usually a Story day, because one photographer cannot be in the barn and out in the field at the same time when the light is going. Full pricing is on the wedding pricing page.
The team on this wedding
Venue The Kelley Farm. Florals, rentals and coordination Sweetwater Events and Rentals. Catering The Vault Catering. Desserts Wanna Cupcake. Video Surf n Motion. DJ Dayton Swanson.
While you're there
Lake Tapps is the landmark in Bonney Lake, and the City of Bonney Lake lists its parks and reservations. Downtown Sumner is the nearest small town for coffee and dinner. Mount Rainier National Park is an easy drive south east, and Visit Rainier covers lodging if guests are travelling in. Note that the farm has paused new bookings for 2027 and beyond while it works through construction on the property, with limited 2026 dates left, so check current availability with The Kelley Farm directly.
Questions couples ask
Is The Kelley Farm indoors or outdoors?
Both. There is a modern barn plus farm fields and gardens, so a ceremony outside and a reception under cover is the normal shape of the day, and rain does not end it.
How far is The Kelley Farm from Seattle?
It is in Bonney Lake, south east of Seattle and close to Tacoma. It reads as rural without being a destination wedding for your guests.
How many hours of coverage does a barn wedding need?
Plan for the whole arc, getting ready through the end of the reception. On a July date the light holds late, so a day that starts in the early afternoon and ends at night is normal here, which is why most couples book the Story package.
Can you book a wedding at The Kelley Farm in 2027?
The venue has paused 2027 and later bookings while it works on the property. Check with them for current availability. Evaro Studios shoots barn and farm weddings across the Seattle and Tacoma area, so ask either way.
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