Hartford, CT · Travel Included

The Glastonbury Boathouse Wedding Photographer & Filmmaker

The Glastonbury Boathouse sits about 5 miles from the center of Hartford — 4.7 ★ from 314 Google reviews. Senior photographers and filmmakers, travel included, published pricing.

Photographing a wedding at The Glastonbury Boathouse

Every venue has a best hour and a worst one for photographs. We scout yours before the wedding — where the ceremony light falls, where family formals hold up, where the reception needs a little help — so the plan for the day is built on the room itself, not on a guess.

From harbor light to foliage season, Hartford weddings carry a classic register — historic venues, formal timelines, family traditions. We know how to run an efficient formals session and still disappear into the candid moments. If we haven’t worked The Glastonbury Boathouse yet we scout it before your day — light, timing, logistics — so nothing about the venue surprises us on the morning of.

At The Glastonbury Boathouse the sun sets at 8:26 PM in June and 6:09 PM in October, with golden hour opening around 7:44 PM on a June evening and 6:23 PM in late September. Start a summer ceremony near 5:41 PM and you will still have the good light for portraits; in autumn move it an hour earlier. The full month-by-month table is on our Hartford page.

Venue
The Glastonbury Boathouse
252 Welles St, Glastonbury, CT 06033
Couples say
4.7 ★
314 Google reviews
From us
Travel included
Same price at every venue

Recent work

Wedding photograph by Elizabeth Scott
Wedding photograph by Elizabeth Scott
Wedding photograph by Elizabeth Scott
Wedding photograph by Elizabeth Scott

Selected frames from the Elizabeth Scott portfolio — not photographs taken at this venue. Ask and we will send full galleries closest in size and setting to your wedding.

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Published pricing for a wedding at The Glastonbury Boathouse

Every collection is the same price wherever the wedding is — travel is included, there are no venue surcharges, and paying in full takes $500 off. Eight-hour collections are below; four-, six- and ten-hour versions are on the collections page.

Photography

$2,500 · The Gallery, 8 hours

Several hundred edited photographs, true to color.

Film

$2,000 · The Feature, 8 hours

A story-first edit built from your real audio.

Photo & Film

$4,000 · The Keepsake, 8 hours

One senior team for both — the smoothest timeline.

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Questions couples ask about The Glastonbury Boathouse

Have you photographed a wedding at The Glastonbury Boathouse?

Not yet — and we say so. We scout The Glastonbury Boathouse before your wedding: ceremony light, where formals hold up, how long the walk between spaces really takes.

Is there a travel fee for a wedding in Hartford, CT?

No. Elizabeth Scott is a national studio and travel is built into every collection, so a wedding at The Glastonbury Boathouse costs the same as one across the street from us.

How far in advance should we book The Glastonbury Boathouse photography?

Most Hartford couples book eight to twelve months out; peak summer and autumn dates go first. A signed agreement and the retainer hold your date, and the balance is due two weeks before the wedding.

Elizabeth Scott is an independent wedding photography and film studio. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or booking on behalf of any venue named on this page; venue names are used to identify where we work. Ratings and review counts are Google's, as of our last check, and can change. Confirm availability and policies with the venue.