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Ojai, CA Wedding Photographer & Filmmaker

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

Photographing weddings in Ojai

Shooting in and around Ojai 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 Ojai 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 Ojai

Ceremony time decides how your photographs look, and the answer is different in Ojai than it is three states over. In June the sun sets here at 8:11 PM and golden hour opens around 7:33 PM; by October sunset has slid back to 6:22 PM — a swing of 1 hour 49 minutes across one wedding season. Start a Ojai 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
May5:07 PM7:16 PM7:52 PM14.0 h
June5:26 PM7:33 PM8:11 PM14.4 h
July5:24 PM7:33 PM8:09 PM14.2 h
August4:59 PM7:10 PM7:44 PM13.4 h
September4:18 PM6:30 PM7:03 PM12.4 h
October3:37 PM5:48 PM6:22 PM11.3 h

Times computed for Ojai (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 Ojai

These are the Ojai 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.

Ojai Valley Inn4.7 ★ · 2594 reviews
Rancho De Las Palmas - Moorpark, CA4.8 ★ · 158 reviews
Gerry Ranch Weddings4.8 ★ · 134 reviews
Maravilla Gardens4.8 ★ · 127 reviews
Lavender Inn4.8 ★ · 119 reviews
Ojai Retreat & Inn4.4 ★ · 76 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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