WEDDINGS
Wedding photography and film in Jacksonville, across Florida, and wherever you say I do.
Weddings · North Florida
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY & FILM IN JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE & ALL OF FLORIDA
A wedding is the one day you cannot stage twice. Orbit East is a father-and-son studio of filmmakers and photographers who plan your coverage the way a film crew plans a production: scouted, lit, timed and rehearsed, so that on the day itself you never feel directed and nothing that matters is missed. We serve Jacksonville, Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, Atlantic Beach, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Augustine, Amelia Island and destination weddings across Florida and abroad.
Portfolio
SELECTED WORK
The Journey
Nothing that matters is missed.
The Journey
THE ORBIT EAST WEDDING JOURNEY — FROM FIRST CALL TO FINAL REVIEW
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The Conversation
A complimentary 45-minute consultation in person, by phone or on video. We listen first: how you met, what you love about photographs and films you have seen, which moments you are most afraid of losing. You leave with an honest recommendation of the coverage you actually need, never a hard sell.
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Reservation
Your date is held with a signed agreement and a retainer; the balance is arranged in comfortable instalments before the wedding.
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Engagement Session & Rehearsal for the Camera
Included in our Signature and Heirloom collections. Ninety minutes at a location that means something to you — the dunes at Ponte Vedra, the old streets of St. Augustine, the Riverside oaks. It is where you learn how we work and we learn your best angles, so that on the wedding day the camera feels like an old friend.
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Pre-Production
Six to eight weeks before the day we build your shot list and family-portrait list, and a minute-by-minute photography timeline coordinated with your planner, venue and officiant. We scout the venue at the same hour as your ceremony to study where the sun will fall, where the shade is, and where the backup indoor portrait location will be if Florida weather turns.
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The Wedding Day
Your lead photographer — and, depending on your collection, a second photographer and cinematographer — arrive early to photograph details and preparation. We move quietly through the ceremony, direct family portraits efficiently (typically fifteen to twenty minutes), take you away for golden-hour portraits, then document the reception through the last dance or sparkler exit.
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Sneak Preview
A first selection of finished images arrives as soon as possible after the wedding, so you can share the day while the feeling is still fresh.
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The Edit
Every frame is culled and hand-edited by us, not outsourced: colour-graded for true skin tones, retouched for blemishes and distractions, and finished in a consistent, timeless style. Films are cut, colour-graded and mixed with licensed music.
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Gallery Delivery
Your full high-resolution gallery arrives in a private online gallery you can download, share and print from, backed up in two separate locations. We agree a delivery date with you that suits the season.
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Final Review
We sit down together — in person or on screen — to review the gallery and film. You may request reasonable edits, mark favourites for your album and wall art, and approve the album design before anything goes to print. Nothing is final until you say it is.
The Craft
Planned like a film. Felt like a memory.
The Craft
PREPARATION · LOCATION · LIGHT · PLANNING
Preparation
The best photographs begin weeks before the wedding. We send a planning guide covering timeline structure, family-portrait lists, getting-ready rooms with natural window light, what to have ready for detail photographs (rings, invitation suite, heirloom pieces, perfume, shoes), and how a first look or private vow reading can give you calmer, more intimate portraits.
Location
We know North Florida’s great venues — Casa Monica, the Lightner Museum, the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, the Lodge & Club, Epping Forest, the Cummer Museum, the Treasury on the Plaza, Club Continental, the Florida Yacht Club, San Jose Country Club, the Omni Amelia Island — as well as private homes, estates and beaches. Wherever you marry, we scout it first. We know which beach accesses are quietest at sunset, where permits are required, and which historic courtyards hold soft light at midday.
Light
North Florida light is beautiful and unforgiving: hard midday sun, fast golden hours and sudden storms. We plan portraits for the hour before sunset, use open shade and reflectors to keep skin tones natural, and bring off-camera lighting for dark ballrooms and night portraits so the reception looks as good as the ceremony — never flat on-camera flash.
Planning
We work hand in hand with your planner and venue coordinator. You receive a shared timeline, a family-portrait list with names, and a weather contingency plan. On the day, one of us is always watching the clock so that you do not have to.
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EQUIPMENT & EXPERIENCE
We shoot on Sony full-frame cameras — including the Sony FX3, the cinema camera system used to film The Creator — with dual memory cards, so every image is written twice the moment it is taken. Every photographer carries a backup body, fast prime lenses for low light, a 70–200mm for unobtrusive ceremony coverage, wireless off-camera lighting and lavalier audio for vows and speeches. Our films are captured in cinema-grade log profiles on stabilised rigs, with drone coverage flown within FAA rules wherever venues permit. Behind the gear is the experience: narrative short films, documentaries, live concerts and years of portraits and events — the discipline of a film set brought to your wedding day.
Collections
The one day you cannot stage twice.
Collections
COLLECTIONS & INVESTMENT
The Intimate
from $2,400
Up to 3 hours
one lead photographer
ceremony, family portraits and couple portraits
250+ edited images
private online gallery with print release. Ideal for elopements, courthouse and beach weddings.
The Signature
from $5,400
8 hours
lead and second photographer
engagement session
timeline and venue scouting
sneak preview
600+ edited images
private online gallery with print release.
The Heirloom
from $7,800
10 hours
lead and second photographer
engagement session
rehearsal-dinner coverage (2 hours)
900+ edited images
handmade 10×10 heirloom album (30 pages)
two parent albums.
The Cinematic
from $12,500
10 hours
two photographers and one cinematographer
drone coverage
4–6 minute highlight film
full ceremony and speeches edit
60-second social teaser
everything in The Heirloom.
Add-Ons
ADD-ONS — THE MORE YOU BUILD, THE MORE YOU SAVE
Second photographer or videographer — 15% off when added to any collection.
Third shooter — 25% off; ideal for large weddings and simultaneous getting-ready locations.
Photo + film together — 10% off the combined total.
Additional hour — $450 · Drone — $650 · Rehearsal dinner — $950 · Bridal portrait session — $850 · Same-day edit film shown at your reception — $2,200.
Military, first-responder and teacher couples receive an additional 5%.
Heirlooms
Made to be handed down.
Beyond the Gallery
BEYOND THE GALLERY — OUR TRUSTED CRAFTSMEN
We do not stop at a download link. Orbit East liaises directly with the finest finishing partners so your images become objects worth keeping for generations:
Heirloom albums — we design every spread and manage production with professional album makers (Italian and American handmade books in leather, linen and fine-art papers).
Picture framing — we coordinate museum-quality prints and archival framing with local Jacksonville and St. Augustine framers, sized and hung to your space.
Fine-art prints & canvas — gallery-grade giclée prints on cotton rag paper.
Film finishing — for couples who want a feature-length wedding film, we bring in top-end editors, colourists and sound mixers we work with on our narrative films.
In Their Words
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
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They found light at our venue we never knew existed. Every time we open the album, we are back in that golden hour.
— Client Name · Wedding, St. Augustine
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Calm, invisible and somehow everywhere. Our film made my father cry — twice.
— Client Name · Wedding, Ponte Vedra Beach
Questions
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How far ahead should we book?
Most couples reserve 9–14 months ahead; spring and autumn Saturdays in St. Augustine and Ponte Vedra fill first. Shorter timelines are often possible — ask.
Do you travel?
We travel throughout Florida and worldwide; travel is quoted transparently with your proposal.
What happens if it rains?
Every timeline includes a scouted indoor or covered portrait plan, and we carry clear umbrellas. Some of our favourite portraits were made in Florida rain.
Do we receive the raw files?
We deliver finished, edited images only — that is the photograph we stand behind — with full personal print rights.
Can we customise a collection?
Always. Every collection is a starting point; we will build exactly the coverage you need.