District of Columbia
Destination wedding · Washington, DC
In short
Destination wedding in Washington, DC starts at $4,800: 10 hours on location with a photographer who works in Washington, DC, and 700 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 6 weeks. The price is agreed before you book and does not move.
Why choose Destination wedding in Washington, DC?
A city built to be photographed, where almost everything worth photographing belongs to the National Park Service. That is what decides how a Destination wedding session is planned here: the photographer you work with lives in Washington, DC and shoots across District of Columbia all year, so they are not seeing the place for the first time alongside you. That prior knowledge is the difference between a session that keeps to its schedule and one spent looking for a frame.
The hour matters more than the location. For Lincoln Memorial and the Reflecting Pool, the window to aim for is sunrise to 7:30am. The session runs 10 hours and is built around that window rather than around your diary — it is the one variable that genuinely changes the photographs, and it costs nothing.
What does the session in Washington, DC look like?
Coverage runs 10 hours and follows your schedule rather than a fixed route. When a gap opens for composed frames, we step out to Lincoln Memorial and the Reflecting Pool or Tidal Basin — a few minutes on foot, which is that much less taken out of the day.
What does destination wedding in Washington, DC include?
- 700+ retouched photographs
- Ten hours of coverage, or split across two days
- Welcome-party or rehearsal-dinner coverage included
- Second photographer throughout
- Permit and venue liaison handled for you
- Private online gallery within 6 weeks
Permits at these locations: The locations used for this session are public streets and need no paid authorization.
FAQ — Destination wedding in Washington, DC
Destination wedding in Washington, DC: what time should we book?
For Lincoln Memorial and the Reflecting Pool, aim for sunrise to 7:30am. At a busy location, two hours either way changes what can be framed at all.
Do we need a permit to photograph in Washington, DC?
Not at the locations we use for this session — they are public streets and open spaces. If your request falls outside that, we say so before you book.
What happens if it rains in Washington, DC?
We move the session to another slot or another day at no cost. If you are only in town briefly, we switch to sheltered locations scouted in advance rather than cancelling.
When do we get the photos from Washington, DC?
Within 6 weeks, in a private online gallery: 700 edited images, downloadable at full resolution from any country.