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Wedding photography · Seattle
In short
Wedding photography in Seattle starts at $3,500: 8 hours on location with a photographer who works in Seattle, and 600 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 6 weeks.
Why choose Wedding photography in Seattle?
A Seattle wedding needs a rain plan that is actually a plan rather than a sentence, and the reason is not that it rains constantly — it is that nine months of the year it might, and the decision has to be made at two in the afternoon with a hundred guests already dressed. What a photographer who works here brings is the specific answer for your venue: which covered space works, what it looks like at the ceremony hour, and how long the turnaround takes.
Worth knowing about Seattle
Summer weddings here have the opposite problem from most cities: sunset in late June is after nine, which means the reception is well under way before blue hour arrives and the best outdoor light of the day falls somewhere in the middle of dinner. Timelines are built to take ten minutes out at around half past eight rather than to assume portraits happen before the meal.
What does the session in Seattle look like?
- The venue, walked beforehand
- Where the covered option is, what it looks like at the hour, and how long a reset takes.
- The waterfront or a park nearby
- The portrait window, scheduled for whenever the light is best rather than whenever there is a gap.
- Outside in light rain
- Genuinely the better photograph — saturated color, umbrellas, and nobody squinting.
What does wedding photography in Seattle 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 Seattle
What is the rain plan?
Specific to your venue, and established at the walk-through rather than on the day — which covered space works, how it photographs at the ceremony hour, and how long the room takes to reset. Light rain is worth photographing in rather than hiding from: saturated color, umbrellas and no squinting, and the frames are usually the ones couples pick.
When does the sun set in summer?
After nine in late June, which changes the whole timeline. Blue hour falls in the middle of dinner rather than before it, so the plan is to step outside for ten minutes at around half past eight while the reception continues. Couples who assume the light works the way it does in other cities lose the best twenty minutes of the day.