South Carolina
Honeymoon session · Charleston
In short
Honeymoon session in Charleston starts at $395: 90 min on location with a photographer who works in Charleston, and 50 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 5 business days.
Why choose Honeymoon session in Charleston?
Honeymoon photography in Charleston is a 90-minute sunrise or sunset session at two locations, one of them away from the resort, priced from $395 with 50 retouched photographs. Charleston honeymoons divide between a peninsula inn, where the session walks from the door to the Battery, and a beach resort on Kiawah Island, about 45 minutes south of downtown. The beach version has a logistics question the city version does not: Kiawah Island is a gated community, and a photographer is a commercial visitor at its gate.
Worth knowing about Charleston
Inside the Kiawah Island main gate, the Kiawah Island Community Association requires every commercial business, service provider and vendor to buy a gate pass, and it allows commercial work only from 7am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 5pm on Saturday, with no commercial access on Sundays. A sunrise, Saturday-evening or Sunday honeymoon session on resort grounds therefore needs confirming with the Kiawah Island Community Association Pass Office first, and Beachwalker County Park is the beach that avoids the question.
What does the session in Charleston look like?
- Beachwalker County Park, Kiawah Island
- The public beach access at the west end of Kiawah, with wide sand and the Kiawah River inlet for a sunset frame.
- The Battery and the South of Broad streets
- For couples staying on the peninsula: the walk from the inn is the session.
- Angel Oak, Johns Island
- On the road between Kiawah and downtown, for the location away from the resort on an overcast day.
What does honeymoon session in Charleston include?
- 50 retouched photographs
- Sunrise or sunset session, planned around your location
- Two locations, including one away from the resort
- Private online gallery within 5 business days
- Print release for personal use
Permits at these locations: Angel Oak, Johns Island: City of Charleston Recreation Department permit required for wedding and engagement shoots. Tripods and props are not allowed on or around the tree.
FAQ — Honeymoon session in Charleston
Can a honeymoon photographer meet us at a Kiawah Island resort near Charleston?
Within limits. The Kiawah Island Community Association requires commercial service providers to buy a gate pass and allows commercial work from 7am to 7pm on weekdays and 8am to 5pm on Saturdays, with no access on Sundays. A Kiawah Island honeymoon session at sunset on a weekday fits; a Sunday or sunrise session is moved to Beachwalker County Park or confirmed with the Pass Office.
Is sunrise or sunset better for a Charleston honeymoon session?
Sunrise on the Charleston peninsula, where Rainbow Row faces east and the streets are empty before the carriages start; sunset on Kiawah Island’s west-end beach, where the light falls across the Kiawah River inlet. A Charleston honeymoon session is 90 minutes either way, with 50 retouched photographs delivered within five business days.