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Phoenix, AZ Wedding Photographer & Filmmaker

Golden-hour light that lasts, saguaro silhouettes, and resort courtyards — Phoenix weddings photograph like nowhere else.

Photographing weddings in Phoenix

Desert weddings run on light: that long Phoenix golden hour is the best natural studio in America, and we build your portrait timing around it. We watch summer heat for your guests, chase the post-monsoon skies, and know that a desert reception under string lights is worth staying late for.

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 Phoenix 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 Phoenix

Ceremony time decides how your photographs look, and the answer is different in Phoenix than it is three states over. In June the sun sets here at 7:39 PM and golden hour opens around 7:03 PM; by October sunset has slid back to 5:54 PM — a swing of 1 hour 45 minutes across one wedding season. Start a Phoenix 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
May4:36 PM6:46 PM7:21 PM13.9 h
June4:54 PM7:03 PM7:39 PM14.4 h
July4:54 PM7:03 PM7:39 PM14.2 h
August4:29 PM6:40 PM7:14 PM13.4 h
September3:49 PM6:02 PM6:34 PM12.4 h
October3:09 PM5:21 PM5:54 PM11.4 h

Times computed for Phoenix (Phoenix) 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 Phoenix

These are the Phoenix 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.

Chateau Luxe Event Venue4.7 ★ · 612 reviews
Venue at the Grove4.8 ★ · 388 reviews
Boojum Tree Hidden Gardens4.7 ★ · 342 reviews
Secret Garden by Wedgewood Weddings4.7 ★ · 314 reviews
Croft Downtown by Wedgewood Weddings4.6 ★ · 247 reviews
The Boho Space5.0 ★ · 204 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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