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Orange County, CA Wedding Photographer & Filmmaker

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

Wedding photographers & videographers in Orange County

Working around Orange County 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 Orange County 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

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The light in Orange County

The hour you choose for the ceremony decides what your photographs look like, and that hour is specific to Orange County. A June sunset here lands at 8:03 PM with golden hour from about 7:26 PM; by October the sun is down by 6:17 PM, a difference of 1 hour 46 minutes inside a single wedding season. Begin a Orange County 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
May5:00 PM7:10 PM7:45 PM13.9 h
June5:18 PM7:26 PM8:03 PM14.4 h
July5:17 PM7:26 PM8:02 PM14.2 h
August4:52 PM7:03 PM7:37 PM13.4 h
September4:12 PM6:25 PM6:57 PM12.4 h
October3:32 PM5:43 PM6:17 PM11.4 h

Computed for Orange County (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 Orange County

The Orange County 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 Hacienda4.6 ★ · 419 reviews
The Colony House4.7 ★ · 234 reviews
Chapel of Orange4.8 ★ · 179 reviews
Franciscan Gardens4.7 ★ · 148 reviews
University Club by Wedgewood Weddings4.6 ★ · 131 reviews
Aliso Viejo by Wedgewood Weddings4.6 ★ · 130 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 Orange County?

Our prices are published, and a wedding in Orange County 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 Orange County 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 Orange County ask us

Do you charge a travel fee for weddings in Orange County, CA?

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

Do you offer wedding videography in Orange County 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 Orange County before?

Not every venue in Orange County, 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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