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Virginia Beach, VA Wedding Photographer & Filmmaker

Live oaks, coastal verandas, and golden evenings — Virginia Beach weddings are made for film.

Photographing weddings in Virginia Beach

The Southeast gives Virginia Beach weddings that unmistakable warmth — Spanish moss, porch light, humidity that turns sunset into a glow. We time portraits for the golden window and keep gear (and boutonnieres) cool in between.

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 Virginia Beach 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 Virginia Beach

Ceremony time decides how your photographs look, and the answer is different in Virginia Beach than it is three states over. In June the sun sets here at 8:25 PM and golden hour opens around 7:46 PM; by October sunset has slid back to 6:27 PM — a swing of 1 hour 58 minutes across one wedding season. Start a Virginia Beach 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
May5:19 PM7:28 PM8:04 PM14.1 h
June5:40 PM7:46 PM8:25 PM14.7 h
July5:38 PM7:45 PM8:23 PM14.4 h
August5:10 PM7:20 PM7:55 PM13.6 h
September4:27 PM6:37 PM7:12 PM12.4 h
October3:42 PM5:52 PM6:27 PM11.3 h

Times computed for Virginia Beach (New York) 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 Virginia Beach

These are the Virginia Beach 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.

Royal Courtyard at West Neck All-Inclusive Wedding & Event Venue4.5 ★ · 415 reviews
The Gala 417 All-Inclusive Wedding & Event Venue4.8 ★ · 345 reviews
The Lesner Inn4.5 ★ · 211 reviews
Country Villa Weddings4.1 ★ · 168 reviews
Oceanfront Premiere by 757 Events4.9 ★ · 107 reviews
Denali Jean - Weddings and Events4.9 ★ · 93 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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Also serving: Norfolk, VA 13 mi · Williamsburg, VA 51 mi · Outer Banks, NC 67 mi · Richmond, VA 91 mi · Ocean City, MD 120 mi  ·  all locations →