Elopement photography
Thirty minutes for a wedding of two — the vows on a cliff or in the rice fields and portraits straight after — photographed with the care given to a wedding of two hundred; extra hours add getting ready and the details.
- Starting from
- $890
- Duration
- 30 min
- You receive
- 15+ edited photos
- Delivery
- Preview in 48 hours, full gallery in 2–3 weeks
Weddings, elopements & pre-wedding
What’s included
- 15+ edited photos
- The vows and portraits straight after; getting ready with extra hours
- Help with timing the ceremony to the light
- A preview within 48 hours
- Full gallery within 2–3 weeks
How it works
From the first message to the gallery
A wedding of two has no schedule to protect, so it can follow the light. Half an hour is enough to say the vows and still have the golden hour to yourselves; extra hours add getting ready without rushing.
- Tell us where and roughly when; we help time the ceremony to the light.
- With an extra hour ($100), getting ready is photographed first — the rings, the details, the last few minutes before.
- The ceremony itself, shot quietly and from the side, so your celebrant and your vows stay the centre of it.
- Portraits straight afterwards, in the best light of the session.
- A preview within 48 hours; the full gallery of 15+ edited photos within 2–3 weeks.
The price, in full
What $890 covers
Fixed published prices: the price on the page is the price you pay for the shoot as described. Add-ons are priced below, and the costs that are never ours to charge are named before you confirm.
Included
- 30 min of shooting with a photographer
- 15+ edited photos, colour-corrected
- Preview in 48 hours, full gallery in 2–3 weeks
- Travel within the area you booked
- 100% money-back guarantee
Optional extras
Only if you choose them. Fixed prices in US dollars, the same in the booking form.
- Drone add-on+$150
- Reel add-on+$110
- Extra hour+$100
- Flying dress rental+$120
- Hair & make-up artist+$90
- Island transfer+$90
Not included / may apply
- Your entrance and boat tickets, and venue fees where a venue charges one
- Temple donations and sarong rental
- National-park and drone permits, where a place requires them
- Travel outside the area you booked: the photographer’s crossing to Nusa Penida, the Gilis or Lombok is the island-transfer add-on (+$90); further afield is quoted before you confirm
- No express delivery on this shoot — preview in 48 hours, full gallery in 2–3 weeks
Portfolio
Elopement photography: portfolio
Frames from recent shoots, to plan yours against.
Where to book it
Book Elopement photography where you are staying
Available in 12 places across Bali and Indonesia. Choose the one nearest your villa or hotel — travel within it is included.
About this shoot
A wedding for two, photographed properly
- Starting from
- $890
- Duration
- 30 min
- Edited photos
- 15+
- Places
- 12
Elopement photography in Bali is 30 minutes of coverage, from $890, with 15+ edited photos delivered within two to three weeks and a preview within 48 hours. Half an hour covers the heart of a small wedding: the ceremony and vows, then portraits of the two of you straight after, timed for the golden hour. Getting ready, a toast or a first dance can be added with extra hours at $100 each. With no guest list to manage, the day can be built entirely around light and place, and the photographer can follow you somewhere a hundred guests could never go.
The Bukit Peninsula is the natural setting: clifftop venues and private villas above the ocean at Uluwatu, or a quiet beach such as Nyang Nyang or Bingin below the cliffs. Ubud offers jungle villas, rice terraces and river valleys for a greener mood, and Nusa Penida adds dramatic cliffs for couples ready for an early boat. Legally marrying in Indonesia as foreigners involves a religious ceremony, civil registration and paperwork, so many couples sign at home and hold a symbolic ceremony in Bali. Celebrant, venue and decoration are booked separately.
The timeline is built backwards from sunset, which in Bali comes around six all year: vows about an hour before, portraits as the light softens. In the wet season, November to March, keep a covered plan B or move the ceremony earlier; avoid Nyepi, the Day of Silence, when the whole island shuts down. Within 48 hours of the wedding you receive a preview to share with family; the full gallery of 15+ edited photos follows within two to three weeks. A wedding film or drone frames can be added to the same day.
Before you book
Frequently asked questions: Elopement photography
Is an elopement in Bali legally binding?
Only if you go through the Indonesian process, which for foreigners means a religious ceremony followed by civil registration, with translated and legalised documents. It takes weeks of paperwork, so most couples marry legally at home and hold a symbolic ceremony in Bali with a celebrant. The photographs are the same either way; a celebrant or wedding planner can confirm what applies to your nationalities.
Where can we hold the ceremony?
A villa with a view is the simplest: you control the space and the hour. Cliff-top venues in Uluwatu rent ceremony spots by the slot and charge a venue fee. Public beaches and rice fields are possible for a very small ceremony, but you will not have them to yourselves, and some landowners ask for a contribution. Temples are not wedding venues for non-Hindu ceremonies.
Next step
Plan your Elopement photography
Reply within 2 hours. No deposit required to enquire.