Photographing weddings in 30A

30A means planning for sun that is gorgeous and unforgiving — we schedule ceremonies for the soft hours, scout shade for portraits, and treat an afternoon storm as intermission, not catastrophe.

Elizabeth Scott is a national studio: senior photographers and filmmakers, travel already included, and a calendar kept deliberately small so every wedding gets a first-team crew. If we haven’t worked your exact venue yet, we scout it before your day — light, timing, logistics — so nothing about 30A surprises us on the morning of.

Recent work

Selected frames from the Elizabeth Scott portfolio. Ask and we will send full galleries from weddings closest in size and setting to yours.

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The light in 30A

Ceremony time decides how your photographs look, and the answer is different in 30A than it is three states over. In June the sun sets here at 7:48 PM and golden hour opens around 7:12 PM; by October sunset has slid back to 6:13 PM — a swing of 1 hour 35 minutes across one wedding season. Start a 30A ceremony at roughly the times below and you will finish vows, family formals, and portraits with the good light still in front of you rather than behind you.

2027	Start ceremony	Golden hour	Sunset	Daylight
May	4:46 PM	6:57 PM	7:31 PM	13.7 h
June	5:03 PM	7:12 PM	7:48 PM	14.1 h
July	5:03 PM	7:13 PM	7:48 PM	13.9 h
August	4:41 PM	6:53 PM	7:26 PM	13.2 h
September	4:05 PM	6:18 PM	6:50 PM	12.4 h
October	3:28 PM	5:41 PM	6:13 PM	11.4 h

Times computed for 30A (Chicago) on the 15th of each month. An outdoor ceremony in open shade can run 20–30 minutes later than the figures above; a church or ballroom ceremony is unaffected.

Photography

Timeless, true-to-color imagery — several hundred edited photos per wedding.

Films

Story-first edits built from your real audio — vows, letters, laughter.

Combined

One team for both — the best value and the smoothest timeline.

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