# 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.

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- Type: Photo · Weddings, elopements & pre-wedding
- From: $890
- Duration: 30 min
- You receive: 15+ edited photos within 2–3 weeks

## What is 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

## Add-ons

- Drone add-on — +$150
- Reel add-on — +$110
- Extra hour — +$100
- Flying dress rental — +$120
- Hair & make-up artist — +$90
- Island transfer — +$90

## A wedding for two, photographed properly

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.

## Places

- [Uluwatu](https://www.senjalight.com/services/elopement/uluwatu.md)

## Frequently asked questions

### 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.

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