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Cape May, NJ Wedding Photographer & Filmmaker

Coastal estates, historic ballrooms, and four true seasons — Cape May sets a formal stage and we love it.

Photographing weddings in Cape May

From harbor light to foliage season, Cape May 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.

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 Cape May surprises us on the morning of.

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. Ask and we will send full galleries from weddings closest in size and setting to yours.

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The light in Cape May

Ceremony time decides how your photographs look, and the answer is different in Cape May than it is three states over. In June the sun sets here at 8:26 PM and golden hour opens around 7:46 PM; by October sunset has slid back to 6:21 PM — a swing of 2 hours 5 minutes across one wedding season. Start a Cape May 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
May5:20 PM7:27 PM8:05 PM14.3 h
June5:41 PM7:46 PM8:26 PM14.9 h
July5:39 PM7:45 PM8:24 PM14.6 h
August5:09 PM7:18 PM7:54 PM13.7 h
September4:23 PM6:33 PM7:08 PM12.5 h
October3:36 PM5:45 PM6:21 PM11.2 h

Times computed for Cape May (New York) 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.

Where couples marry in Cape May

These are the Cape May venues couples ask us about most. We have not shot every one of them — nobody has — so when a venue is new to us we scout it before your date: light through the ceremony hour, where formals hold up, how long the walk from getting-ready to first look actually takes.

Washington Inn & Wine Bar4.7 ★ · 1058 reviews
Congress Hall4.5 ★ · 1731 reviews
Emlen Physick Estate4.5 ★ · 897 reviews
Willow Creek Winery & Farm4.4 ★ · 2152 reviews
La Mer Beachfront Resort4.1 ★ · 1002 reviews
Grand Hotel of Cape May4.1 ★ · 2362 reviews

Venue list is informational; Elizabeth Scott is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or booking on behalf of any venue named above.

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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