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Pacific coastline, wine country, old-growth forest and city rooftops — a Los Angeles wedding can hold four landscapes in one day.

Wedding photographers & videographers in Los Angeles

Working around Los Angeles means reading the marine layer: it softens the light beautifully when it stays and gives you a second sunset when it lifts. We plan portraits for either outcome and know which venues get the fog first.

Olivia Layne Studios works nationwide with senior photographers and filmmakers, travel already included and a calendar kept small on purpose, so every wedding gets a first-team crew. If we have not worked your exact venue yet we visit it before your day — light, timing, logistics — so nothing about Los Angeles is a surprise on the morning of.

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Wedding photograph by Olivia Layne Studios
Wedding photograph by Olivia Layne Studios
Wedding photograph by Olivia Layne Studios
Wedding photograph by Olivia Layne Studios

Selected frames from the Olivia Layne Studios portfolio. Ask and we will send full galleries from weddings closest in size and setting to yours.

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The light in Los Angeles

The hour you choose for the ceremony decides what your photographs look like, and that hour is specific to Los Angeles. A June sunset here lands at 8:05 PM with golden hour from about 7:29 PM; by October the sun is down by 6:18 PM, a difference of 1 hour 47 minutes inside a single wedding season. Begin a Los Angeles ceremony near the times in the table and the vows, family portraits and couple portraits all happen while the light is still soft and in front of you.

2027 Start ceremony Golden hour Sunset Daylight
May5:02 PM7:12 PM7:47 PM13.9 h
June5:20 PM7:29 PM8:05 PM14.4 h
July5:20 PM7:28 PM8:05 PM14.2 h
August4:54 PM7:05 PM7:39 PM13.4 h
September4:14 PM6:26 PM6:59 PM12.4 h
October3:33 PM5:45 PM6:18 PM11.3 h

Computed for Los Angeles (Los Angeles) on the 15th of each month. A ceremony in open shade can start 20–30 minutes later than shown; an indoor ceremony is not affected, but the portrait window afterwards still is.

Where couples marry in Los Angeles

The Los Angeles venues couples ask us about most. We will not pretend to have worked every one of them, so when a venue is new to us we visit before your date and plan the day from the room itself: where the ceremony light falls, where family portraits hold up, and how long the walk from getting-ready to first look really takes.

The Majestic Downtown4.4 ★ · 305 reviews
The Secret House of Ivy4.9 ★ · 260 reviews
The Houdini Estate4.7 ★ · 234 reviews
Millwick by Marvimon4.7 ★ · 151 reviews
Valentine DTLA by Wedgewood Weddings4.6 ★ · 149 reviews
Grand Venue4.7 ★ · 135 reviews

Venue list is informational; Olivia Layne Studios is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or booking on behalf of any venue named above.

How much does a wedding photographer cost in Los Angeles?

Our prices are published, and a wedding in Los Angeles costs exactly what a wedding anywhere else costs: travel is included and there are no location fees. The figures below are pay-in-full prices (the payment plan adds $500 with half down at booking). Photography begins at $1,600 and films at $1,300 for shorter days; the eight-hour collections most Los Angeles couples choose are shown here, and the four-, six- and ten-hour versions are on the collections page.

Photography

$2,100 · The Magnolia, 8 hours

Several hundred edited frames, soft and true to colour.

Film

$1,600 · The Anthem, 8 hours

A highlight film and extended edit cut from your own vows and toasts.

Photo & Film

$3,600 · The Heritage, 8 hours

One team for both, plus a complimentary engagement session.

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Questions couples in Los Angeles ask us

Do you charge a travel fee for weddings in Los Angeles, CA?

No. Olivia Layne Studios works nationwide and travel is part of every collection, so a Los Angeles wedding is priced exactly like one in our own neighbourhood.

Do you offer wedding videography in Los Angeles as well as photography?

Yes. Every collection comes as photography, film, or both from one team. Combined coverage starts at $3,100, includes a complimentary engagement session, and gives you one timeline instead of two vendors competing for the same light.

Have you photographed weddings in Los Angeles before?

Not every venue in Los Angeles, and we would rather say so. When a venue is new to us we visit before your date and plan the ceremony light, the portrait spots and the walking time between them.

Photography

Soft, true-to-colour frames — several hundred edited photographs you own outright.

Films

Highlight film and extended edit cut from your own vows and toasts, raw footage included.

Photo & Film

One team for both, one timeline, and a complimentary engagement session.

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