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Quinceañera photography · Nashville
In short
Quinceañera photography in Nashville starts at $950: 5 hours on location with a photographer who works in Nashville, and 250 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 4 weeks.
Why choose Quinceañera photography in Nashville?
Quinceañera photography in Nashville is five hours of coverage, from getting ready through the church ceremony, formal portraits and the reception, delivered as 250 or more retouched images within four weeks, priced from $950. A Nashville quinceañera usually moves between three places in one afternoon: a parish church, an outdoor portrait stop and a reception hall. The portrait stop is where the plan most often goes wrong, because a full court of honor with a gown, a throne chair or a balloon arch turns a portrait into a set-up that Metro Parks treats differently.
Worth knowing about Nashville
A Metro Nashville Parks photography permit covers a portrait session but not extensive set-up on lawns: props, stages and similar set-ups require a separate greenspace booking. A Nashville quinceañera bringing a throne chair, a balloon arch or a decorated backdrop to a park for the court-of-honor portraits therefore books the greenspace too, or keeps those props for the reception hall.
What does the session in Nashville look like?
- The parish church
- The blessing and the procession, under whatever photography rules the parish priest sets for the ceremony.
- Centennial Park and the Parthenon
- Columns and a lake for the court-of-honor group portrait, under a Metro Parks photography permit and without props.
- The reception hall
- The entrance, the waltz with her father and the shoe ceremony, lit for a dark room.
What does quinceañera photography in Nashville 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
Permits at these locations: Centennial Park and the Parthenon: Metro Parks photography permit required: $125 a day in Davidson County, $150 from outside. Prop set-ups and stages need a separate rental.
FAQ — Quinceañera photography in Nashville
Can we bring a throne chair or balloon arch to a Nashville park for quinceañera photos?
Only with a greenspace booking. Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation’s photography permit excludes props, stages and similar set-ups, which need the separate greenspace reservation and its fee. A quinceañera court-of-honor portrait in a Nashville park without props needs only the photography permit, applied for at least 48 hours ahead.
Who decides whether photos are allowed during the quinceañera Mass in Nashville?
The parish. Each Catholic parish in the Diocese of Nashville sets its own rules for photography during a quinceañera Mass or blessing, including where a photographer may stand and whether flash is allowed. Those rules are confirmed with the parish office before the day, and the five-hour coverage plan is built around them.