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Kailua-Kona, HI Wedding Photographer & Filmmaker

Trade winds, golden coastlines, and ceremonies barefoot in paradise — Kailua-Kona weddings are the ones everyone else screenshots.

Photographing weddings in Kailua-Kona

In Kailua-Kona the islands write half the story — sunrise over the water, plumeria on the breeze, golden hour that feels engineered for vows. We time ceremonies for the soft light, keep gear humidity-ready, and always stay for the afterglow on the sand.

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 Kailua-Kona 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 Kailua-Kona

Ceremony time decides how your photographs look, and the answer is different in Kailua-Kona than it is three states over. In June the sun sets here at 7:03 PM and golden hour opens around 6:32 PM; by October sunset has slid back to 6:00 PM — a swing of 1 hour 3 minutes across one wedding season. Start a Kailua-Kona 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
May4:07 PM6:21 PM6:52 PM13.1 h
June4:18 PM6:32 PM7:03 PM13.3 h
July4:20 PM6:34 PM7:05 PM13.2 h
August4:07 PM6:22 PM6:52 PM12.8 h
September3:41 PM5:57 PM6:26 PM12.3 h
October3:15 PM5:31 PM6:00 PM11.7 h

Times computed for Kailua-Kona (Honolulu) 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 Kailua-Kona

These are the Kailua-Kona 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.

Hulihe‘e Palace4.5 ★ · 701 reviews
Kona Village, A Rosewood Resort4.6 ★ · 314 reviews
Holualoa Inn4.9 ★ · 290 reviews
Puakea Ranch4.6 ★ · 57 reviews
Papa Kona Events & Catering4.6 ★ · 41 reviews
Simple Hawaii Elopements5.0 ★ · 18 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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