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Waco, TX Wedding Photographer & Filmmaker

Hill-country vistas, ranch venues, and receptions that go late — Waco does weddings at full volume.

Photographing weddings in Waco

From ranch ceremonies to rooftop city receptions, Waco weddings blend scale with warmth. We plan around big families, bigger sunsets, and dance floors that deserve coverage until the last song.

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 Waco 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 Waco

Ceremony time decides how your photographs look, and the answer is different in Waco than it is three states over. In June the sun sets here at 8:35 PM and golden hour opens around 7:59 PM; by October sunset has slid back to 6:56 PM — a swing of 1 hour 39 minutes across one wedding season. Start a Waco 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
May5:33 PM7:44 PM8:18 PM13.8 h
June5:50 PM7:59 PM8:35 PM14.2 h
July5:50 PM8:00 PM8:35 PM14.0 h
August5:27 PM7:39 PM8:12 PM13.3 h
September4:49 PM7:02 PM7:34 PM12.4 h
October4:11 PM6:24 PM6:56 PM11.4 h

Times computed for Waco (Chicago) 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 Waco

These are the Waco 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.

Gathering Oaks Retreat5.0 ★ · 212 reviews
Deerfield Estates Venue4.8 ★ · 163 reviews
Silo and Oak4.9 ★ · 132 reviews
Old Bethany Weddings and Events4.7 ★ · 122 reviews
The Palladium4.7 ★ · 102 reviews
Vintage Oaks Venue4.7 ★ · 100 reviews

Every Waco venue, with pricing and light notes →

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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