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Coeur d'Alene, ID Wedding Photographer & Filmmaker

Big skies, alpenglow, and venues with views that do half the work — Coeur d'Alene weddings reward photographers who plan for altitude and light.

Photographing weddings in Coeur d'Alene

Mountain weddings in Coeur d'Alene trade predictability for drama — weather moves fast, alpenglow lasts minutes, and the best portraits often happen the moment a storm clears. We build flexible timelines and always know where the light will land.

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 Coeur d'Alene 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 Coeur d'Alene

Ceremony time decides how your photographs look, and the answer is different in Coeur d'Alene than it is three states over. In June the sun sets here at 8:46 PM and golden hour opens around 7:58 PM; by October sunset has slid back to 5:58 PM — a swing of 2 hours 48 minutes across one wedding season. Start a Coeur d'Alene 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
May5:33 PM7:32 PM8:18 PM15.1 h
June6:01 PM7:58 PM8:46 PM16.0 h
July5:56 PM7:54 PM8:41 PM15.6 h
August5:14 PM7:16 PM7:59 PM14.3 h
September4:14 PM6:18 PM6:59 PM12.6 h
October3:13 PM5:16 PM5:58 PM10.9 h

Times computed for Coeur d'Alene (Los Angeles) 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 Coeur d'Alene

These are the Coeur d'Alene 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.

The Hitching Post Wedding Chapel4.6 ★ · 338 reviews
Fly the Coop LLC - Boutique Wedding Chapel5.0 ★ · 210 reviews
Elk Point Events4.4 ★ · 82 reviews
Settlers Creek4.8 ★ · 73 reviews
White Barn Ranch | Sandpoint and Coeur d'Alene Wedding Venue5.0 ★ · 67 reviews
Hagadone Event Center4.8 ★ · 69 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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