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Lake Geneva, WI Wedding Photographer & Videographer

Barn romance, lakefront summers, and city ballrooms — Lake Geneva couples get all four seasons of backdrop.

Wedding photographers & videographers in Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva weddings mean planning with the seasons: lake light in June, fire-colored Octobers, snow-globe winters. We shoot them all, and we pack for whichever one your date draws.

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 Lake Geneva 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 Lake Geneva

Ceremony time decides how your photographs look, and the answer is different in Lake Geneva than it is three states over. In June the sun sets here at 8:33 PM and golden hour opens around 7:50 PM; by October sunset has slid back to 6:11 PM — a swing of 2 hours 22 minutes across one wedding season. Start a Lake Geneva 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
May5:24 PM7:28 PM8:09 PM14.6 h
June5:48 PM7:50 PM8:33 PM15.3 h
July5:44 PM7:47 PM8:29 PM15.0 h
August5:10 PM7:16 PM7:55 PM13.9 h
September4:18 PM6:26 PM7:03 PM12.5 h
October3:26 PM5:33 PM6:11 PM11.1 h

Times computed for Lake Geneva (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.

Where couples marry in Lake Geneva

These are the Lake Geneva 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.

Maxwell Mansion Hotel4.7 ★ · 651 reviews
Grand Geneva Resort & Spa4.4 ★ · 5549 reviews
The Abbey Resort & Avani Spa4.1 ★ · 3870 reviews
The Cove of Lake Geneva4.1 ★ · 1579 reviews
Veterans Terrace4.6 ★ · 323 reviews
Mercantile Hall | Event & Wedding Venue4.8 ★ · 237 reviews

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

How much does a wedding photographer cost in Lake Geneva?

Our pricing is published and it is the same in Lake Geneva as everywhere else we work — travel is included, there are no location surcharges, and the prices below are pay-in-full (the payment plan adds $500, with half down at booking). Photography starts at $1,500 and films at $1,200 for shorter days; the eight-hour collections most Lake Geneva couples choose are below, and four-, six- and ten-hour versions are on the collections page.

Photography

$2,000 · The Gallery, 8 hours

Several hundred edited photographs, true to color.

Film

$1,500 · The Feature, 8 hours

A story-first edit built from your real audio.

Photo & Film

$3,500 · The Keepsake, 8 hours

One senior team for both — the smoothest timeline.

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Questions couples in Lake Geneva ask us

Do you charge a travel fee for weddings in Lake Geneva, WI?

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

Do you offer wedding videography in Lake Geneva as well as photography?

Yes. Every collection is available as photography, film, or both from one senior team. Combined coverage starts at $3,000 and gives you a single timeline instead of two vendors negotiating for the same light.

Have you photographed weddings in Lake Geneva before?

Not every venue in Lake Geneva, and we say so. When a venue is new to us we scout it before your date: ceremony light, where formals hold up, how long the walk between spaces really takes.

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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