Florida
Wedding photography · Miami
In short
Wedding photography in Miami starts at $3,500: 8 hours on location with a photographer who works in Miami, and 600 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 6 weeks.
Why choose Wedding photography in Miami?
Wedding photography in Miami is eight hours of coverage by two photographers, delivering more than 600 retouched images, priced from $3,500. Most Miami weddings are held at hotels and private venues rather than in public parks, and the City of Miami Beach treats a wedding at a hotel as a customary use that needs no special event permit. That puts the planning weight on light and weather instead of paperwork: an oceanfront ceremony faces east, so sunset portraits move to the bay side or the hotel terrace.
Worth knowing about Miami
From May 1 to October 31, Miami-Dade’s film office relays Florida Department of Environmental Protection guidance that strongly discourages artificial light on sea turtle nesting beaches at night, because it disorients nesting females and hatchlings, and suggests bay-facing beaches instead. A Miami Beach wedding in those months keeps its after-dark portraits off the sand: they are made on the hotel terrace or bayside, and flash is never pointed down the beach.
What does the session in Miami look like?
- The hotel’s oceanfront lawn or terrace
- Ceremony light on Miami Beach comes from behind the guests in the afternoon, so the aisle is planned to face the water without silhouetting the couple.
- A bayside dock or terrace at sunset
- Biscayne Bay faces west from Miami Beach, which makes it the place where golden-hour portraits actually happen on a Miami wedding day.
- Ocean Drive Art Deco district
- Twenty minutes of pastel facades and neon for a couple married at a South Beach hotel, walked to between the ceremony and the reception.
What does wedding photography in Miami include?
- 600+ retouched photographs
- Eight hours of continuous coverage
- Pre-wedding venue walk-through and timeline planning
- Second photographer for ceremony and reception
- Private online gallery within 6 weeks
- Print release for personal use
FAQ — Wedding photography in Miami
Does a Miami Beach hotel wedding need a city permit?
Usually not. The City of Miami Beach lists weddings among the customary uses of a hotel property that do not require a Special Event Permit. A Special Event Permit applies to events on public property with 150 or more attendees that need city services, and those applications are due 90 days before load-in.
Can a Miami wedding have night photos on the beach?
Between May and October, night portraits on a Miami beach are kept off the sand, because state guidance relayed by FilMiami strongly discourages lighting on sea turtle nesting beaches after dark. The wedding photography team moves night frames to the hotel terrace, the pool deck or a bay-facing dock instead.