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Quinceañera photography · Napa Valley
In short
Quinceañera photography in Napa Valley starts at $950: 5 hours on location with a photographer who works in Napa Valley, and 250 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 4 weeks.
Why choose Quinceañera photography in Napa Valley?
Quinceañera photography in Napa is five hours of coverage, from getting ready through the Mass, the court portraits and the reception, delivering 250 or more retouched photographs and priced from $950. One practical reception choice in Napa is a City of Napa hall rather than a winery, since a City hall can be rented by a family directly through Parks and Recreation Services. City halls carry City rules, and those rules set the hour the vals and the surprise dance must happen by.
Worth knowing about Napa Valley
The City of Napa’s Pelusi Building in Kennedy Park seats 106, and its rental rules require all music to stop by 10pm, guests to leave by 11pm and one adult for every 25 guests aged 17 and under, with a chaperone list due five days before. String lights and candles are prohibited. A Napa quinceañera there schedules the vals, the surprise dance and the last dance well before 10pm.
What does the session in Napa Valley look like?
- The parish church
- The Mass and the procession, photographed within the parish’s own rules on where the photographer may stand.
- Kennedy Park, Napa
- Open lawns beside the Napa River near the Pelusi Building, for the court-of-honor group portraits before the reception.
- The Pelusi Building, Kennedy Park
- A 40-by-40-foot hall seating 106, small enough that the vals fills the frame with family around it.
What does quinceañera photography in Napa Valley include?
- 250+ retouched photographs
- Five hours of coverage
- Getting ready, ceremony, formal portraits and reception
- Court of honour group portraits
- Optional pre-event portrait session
- Private online gallery within 4 weeks
- Print release for personal use
FAQ — Quinceañera photography in Napa Valley
What time should the vals happen at a Napa quinceañera in a City of Napa hall?
Before about 9pm. The City of Napa requires all music at the Pelusi Building in Kennedy Park to stop by 10pm and guests to leave by 11pm, so a Napa quinceañera places the vals, the surprise dance and the court photographs early enough that five hours of coverage ends with the music.
Does a quinceañera at the Pelusi Building in Napa need chaperones?
Yes. The City of Napa requires one adult for every 25 guests aged 17 and under at the Pelusi Building, with a list of chaperones, their addresses and phone numbers submitted five days before the quinceañera. Booking also closes 21 days ahead and a $1,000,000 liability certificate is due one month before.