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Telluride, CO Wedding Photographer & Filmmaker

Big skies, alpenglow, and venues with views that do half the work — Telluride weddings reward photographers who plan for altitude and light.

Photographing weddings in Telluride

Mountain weddings in Telluride trade predictability for drama — weather moves fast, alpenglow lasts minutes, and the best portraits often happen the moment a storm clears. We build flexible timelines and always know where the light will land.

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 Telluride 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 Telluride

Ceremony time decides how your photographs look, and the answer is different in Telluride than it is three states over. In June the sun sets here at 8:35 PM and golden hour opens around 7:56 PM; by October sunset has slid back to 6:33 PM — a swing of 2 hours 2 minutes across one wedding season. Start a Telluride 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
May5:29 PM7:37 PM8:14 PM14.2 h
June5:50 PM7:56 PM8:35 PM14.8 h
July5:48 PM7:55 PM8:33 PM14.5 h
August5:19 PM7:28 PM8:04 PM13.6 h
September4:34 PM6:44 PM7:19 PM12.4 h
October3:48 PM5:58 PM6:33 PM11.2 h

Times computed for Telluride (Denver) 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 Telluride

These are the Telluride 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.

Mountain Lodge Telluride4.3 ★ · 729 reviews
Sheridan Opera House4.7 ★ · 204 reviews
The Black Diamond Lodge4.8 ★ · 181 reviews
River Bend Ranch4.9 ★ · 133 reviews
Lumière by Dunton - Relais & Chateaux4.8 ★ · 76 reviews
Telluride Ski Resort Weddings & Events4.9 ★ · 20 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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