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Sun Valley, ID Wedding Photographer & Filmmaker

Alpenglow, aspens and venues where the view is the decor — Sun Valley weddings reward a team that plans for altitude, weather and light.

Wedding photographers & videographers in Sun Valley

Mountain weddings near Sun Valley change their minds: a storm at three, a clear sky at five, alpenglow for ten minutes after that. We keep timelines flexible, keep an eye on the ridgeline, and are already standing where the light will land.

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 Sun Valley is a surprise on the morning of.

Recent work

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 Sun Valley

The hour you choose for the ceremony decides what your photographs look like, and that hour is specific to Sun Valley. A June sunset here lands at 9:20 PM with golden hour from about 8:37 PM; by October the sun is down by 6:54 PM, a difference of 2 hours 26 minutes inside a single wedding season. Begin a Sun Valley 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
May6:10 PM8:14 PM8:55 PM14.7 h
June6:35 PM8:37 PM9:20 PM15.4 h
July6:31 PM8:34 PM9:16 PM15.1 h
August5:56 PM8:01 PM8:41 PM14.0 h
September5:02 PM7:10 PM7:47 PM12.5 h
October4:09 PM6:15 PM6:54 PM11.0 h

Computed for Sun Valley (Boise) 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 Sun Valley

The Sun Valley 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.

Sun Valley Resort4.7 ★ · 1483 reviews
Limelight Ketchum4.5 ★ · 536 reviews
Sawtooth Botanical Garden4.6 ★ · 289 reviews
Knob Hill Inn Sun Valley4.7 ★ · 199 reviews
Sun Valley Pavilion4.8 ★ · 188 reviews
Sandstone Vineyards4.4 ★ · 117 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 Sun Valley?

Our prices are published, and a wedding in Sun Valley 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 Sun Valley 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 Sun Valley ask us

Do you charge a travel fee for weddings in Sun Valley, ID?

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

Do you offer wedding videography in Sun Valley 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 Sun Valley before?

Not every venue in Sun Valley, 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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