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Los Angeles, CA Wedding Photographer & Filmmaker

Coastline, vineyards, redwoods, and city rooftops — Los Angeles gives a wedding every backdrop in one day.

Photographing weddings in Los Angeles

Shooting in and around Los Angeles means marine layers that turn into perfect soft light, sunsets that demand a second portrait session, and venues from cliffside lawns to warehouse lofts. We plan for the fog and celebrate when it lifts.

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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles

Ceremony time decides how your photographs look, and the answer is different in Los Angeles than it is three states over. In June the sun sets here at 8:05 PM and golden hour opens around 7:29 PM; by October sunset has slid back to 6:18 PM — a swing of 1 hour 47 minutes across one wedding season. Start a Los Angeles 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
May5:02 PM7:12 PM7:47 PM13.9 h
June5:20 PM7:29 PM8:05 PM14.4 h
July5:20 PM7:28 PM8:05 PM14.2 h
August4:54 PM7:05 PM7:39 PM13.4 h
September4:14 PM6:26 PM6:59 PM12.4 h
October3:33 PM5:45 PM6:18 PM11.3 h

Times computed for Los Angeles (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 Los Angeles

These are the Los Angeles 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 Majestic Downtown4.4 ★ · 305 reviews
The Secret House of Ivy4.9 ★ · 260 reviews
The Houdini Estate4.7 ★ · 234 reviews
Millwick by Marvimon4.7 ★ · 151 reviews
Valentine DTLA by Wedgewood Weddings4.6 ★ · 149 reviews
Grand Venue4.7 ★ · 135 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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