The Three Muses at Dunnington Mansion with Porcupine Por, Beatrice Morgana and Dakota Lee

All photos above are from Dunnington Mansion’s website dunningtonmansion.org

Hi all! I am so excited to provide this opportunity to all my Events with Dakota clients! We will be working at a stunning, abandoned looking mansion near-ish to Richmond, Virginia (a little over an hour away from Richmond). We have full, legal access to the property for the entire day! This is a large location with plenty of indoor and outdoor space for creating gorgeous concepts. The focus on this event will be within the creative portraiture and art genres of photography and with more editorial, fantasy genre concepts as well.

This may be the last opportunity to shoot at this property as the future of Dunnington Mansion is uncertain going into 2026. Unfortunately a lot of these abandoned looking locations are shutting down and becoming less and less available to photographers who find so much value in creating at these types of spaces. Just in the last year we have lost several locations due to new ownership, insurance issues, or the buildings being torn down, so I’m glad Events with Dakota has access to this location, if only for one time.

For this event we will have three models (pictured below):

Porcupine Por, Instagram @porcupine_por

Beatrice Morgana, Instagram @beatricexmorgana

Dakota Lee, Instagram @msdakotalee

Photo credits from left: Beatrice Photos 1 and 2 by Paul Tirado, Por photos 3 and 4 by Jared Wolfe, photo 5 of Dakota by Steve Selman and photo 6 is a self-portrait

The structure of the event is as follows:

We arrive at the property at 10 am, gather as a group, and begin touring the property together to get a lay of the land and determine where each group will start shooting as we are splitting the photographer groups into three groups of four people. The models begin shooting at 11 am sharp with each group in a specific room, working for 50 minutes with their model. Once the first 50 minutes is completed, we rotate the groups so that each group gets time with each model, with some flexibility on where each group is shooting (meaning you do not have to stay in one specific room). Once every group works with all three models, we take a break to eat, rest, touch base on the concepts and how things are flowing during the event. From there we start shooting again with largely the same flow, however the last hour will be dedicated to all models posing together and we rotate a lead photographer with two photographers at a time as lead photographer ensuring there is no confusion about who is directing the models. The models stop posing at 5:30 pm to give us 30 minutes to pack up and get everything off of the property by 6 pm.

Besides styling, creative direction, and event producing by Events with Dakota, this event is not a workshop so much as a shootout style with photographers encouraged to bring their own creative ideas. Events with Dakota will be bringing reflectors, but will not be providing lighting. You are welcome to bring your own portable lights as long as it does not interfere with your group.

Events with Dakota will collaborate with all models on styling and hair and makeup to bring excellent, high-end and emotive concepts to Dunnington Mansion.

When: October 11th, 2025 from 10 am - 6 pm.

Where: Farmville, VA. Exact location given only to those who sign up for the event.

Cost: $595.00 for the entire day which includes all location, model, styling, organizing, hair and makeup, and creative direction fees. 12 spaces are available (three groups of four photographers).

To pay for the balance, please reach out to me at msdakotalee@gmail.com to discuss payment options. Balance is refundable ONLY if the event cancels or if we are able to find someone to fill your spot. That said, if for some reason you are unable to attend the event and we are unable to fill your spot, please give notice at least 24 hours before the day of the event and Events with Dakota will comp your attendance to any future Events with Dakota events in the DMV or NYC areas of equal or lesser value. This offer expires 6 months after October 11th, 2025.