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Destination wedding photography · Paraty
In short
Destination wedding photography in Paraty starts at $1,800: 8 hours on location with a photographer who works in Paraty, and 500 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 6 weeks.
Why choose destination wedding photography in Paraty?
A Paraty wedding usually has two halves: a ceremony in one of the colonial churches or a square of the historic centre, and a reception at a pousada, a fazenda in the hills or a beach house reached by boat. The photographs that make a Paraty wedding look like nowhere else come from the walk between the two, through white streets and over the stones, which is a walk because the centre does not take cars.
Worth knowing about Paraty
Paraty's Código de Obras, Lei nº 655 of 1983, does not allow motor vehicles into the streets of the Bairro Histórico, except ambulances and fire engines, and bans motor scooters there outright. A wedding with the ceremony in the historic centre therefore has no bridal car at the church door: the arrival is on foot or by horse-drawn cart, and the timeline gives the walk 10 to 15 minutes.
What does the session in Paraty look like?
- Igreja de Santa Rita
- The white church by the water, for the ceremony or the portraits after it.
- The streets of the historic centre
- The procession from the house or pousada to the church, on foot over the stones.
- The bay by schooner
- Portraits on the water on the way to a reception on an island or a beach.
What does destination wedding photography in Paraty include?
- 8 hours of coverage, from the end of getting ready through the first hours of the party
- 500 edited photographs in a private online gallery
- Full gallery delivered within 6 weeks
- A planning call and a written timeline built around the venue’s rules and the hour of sunset
- Outside-vendor registration with the pousada or venue, handled with your planner
- A covered fallback agreed in advance for every outdoor part of the day
FAQ — Destination wedding photography in Paraty
Can a wedding car drive to the church in the Paraty historic centre?
No. Paraty's building code, Lei nº 655/1983, keeps motor vehicles out of the streets of the historic quarter except ambulances and fire engines, so a wedding car stops at the edge of the centre. The bride arrives at the church on foot or by horse-drawn cart, which becomes part of the Paraty wedding coverage.
How do guests move around a wedding in the Paraty historic centre?
On foot, over stone. Cars and motor scooters stay out of the Paraty historic quarter under the town building code, so guests walk from the edge of the centre to the church on uneven paving. The invitation suggests flat shoes, and older guests can be taken by horse-drawn cart.