Florida
Engagement session · Miami
In short
Engagement session in Miami starts at $450: 2 hours on location with a photographer who works in Miami, and 60 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 5 business days.
Why choose Engagement session in Miami?
The choice that shapes a Miami engagement session is color: this city offers pastel Art Deco, saturated street murals and open turquoise water, and putting all three in one gallery produces a set that does not hold together. Picking two — and picking them for the same hour rather than for a list — is the whole of the planning here, and the hour is early in every case.
Worth knowing about Miami
Vizcaya is the most-requested engagement location in this city, and its portrait permit is better value than it looks: it is not timed, so the same fee covers an hour or the whole afternoon. It also has an early-access version that opens the gardens from 8 to 9:30 in the morning, before the public arrive — the only way to have the bay terraces to yourselves. Matheson Hammock in Coral Gables is the alternative: an atoll pool, mangroves and the downtown skyline across the bay.
What does the session in Miami look like?
- Ocean Drive and Lummus Park
- Pastel and palms, lit and empty for about ninety minutes after sunrise.
- Wynwood
- Saturated color and hard graphic backgrounds. Best under overcast, which flattens the murals’ contrast.
- Vizcaya or Matheson Hammock
- Formal gardens or mangroves and bay, for a set that is not a street set.
What does engagement session in Miami include?
- 60 retouched photographs
- Two locations, including travel between them
- Outfit change included
- Save-the-date crops sized for print and for email
- Private online gallery within 5 business days
- Print release for personal use
FAQ — Engagement session in Miami
Do we need a permit for engagement photos in Miami?
It depends on the municipality. Miami Beach issues free Film & Print permits and exempts a lone photographer working handheld with no crew or models; Miami-Dade County generally requires a film permit in its parks, including Matheson Hammock; Vizcaya sells its own portrait permit; and the City of Miami needs a film permit for commercial shoots.
Can the session be conducted in Spanish?
Yes, at no difference in price. A large share of sessions in this city run entirely in Spanish, and being directed in the language you are already thinking in makes a visible difference to how relaxed a couple looks in the first twenty minutes.