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Napa, CA Wedding Photographer & Filmmaker

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

Photographing weddings in Napa

Shooting in and around Napa 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 Napa 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 Napa

Ceremony time decides how your photographs look, and the answer is different in Napa than it is three states over. In June the sun sets here at 8:34 PM and golden hour opens around 7:54 PM; by October sunset has slid back to 6:31 PM — a swing of 2 hours 3 minutes across one wedding season. Start a Napa 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
May5:28 PM7:35 PM8:13 PM14.3 h
June5:49 PM7:54 PM8:34 PM14.8 h
July5:47 PM7:53 PM8:32 PM14.6 h
August5:17 PM7:26 PM8:02 PM13.7 h
September4:32 PM6:42 PM7:17 PM12.4 h
October3:46 PM5:55 PM6:31 PM11.2 h

Times computed for Napa (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 Napa

These are the Napa 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.

Stanly Ranch, Auberge Collection4.6 ★ · 421 reviews
The Meritage Resort and Spa4.2 ★ · 3878 reviews
Chardonnay Golf Club4.2 ★ · 335 reviews
Churchill Manor4.9 ★ · 196 reviews
Brindare Napa Valley4.8 ★ · 110 reviews
Triple S Ranch Napa4.6 ★ · 106 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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