Wentworth by the Sea sits about 2 miles from the center of Portsmouth — 4.4 ★ from 1,793 Google reviews. Senior photographers and filmmakers, travel included, prices published.
Every venue has a best hour for photographs and a worst one. We visit yours before the wedding to find where the ceremony light falls, where the family portraits hold up and where the reception needs a little help, so the plan is built on the room rather than on a guess.
From coastal estates to city hotels, Portsmouth weddings carry a traditional rhythm: church or garden ceremony, formal portraits, a seated dinner. We run the family formals quickly and quietly so the rest of the evening can be candid. If we have not worked Wentworth by the Sea yet we visit it before your day — light, timing, logistics — so nothing about the venue is a surprise on the morning of.
At Wentworth by the Sea the sun sets at 8:24 PM in June and 6:00 PM in October, with golden hour opening around 7:40 PM on a June evening and 6:15 PM in late September. Start a summer ceremony near 5:39 PM and you will still have the good light for portraits; in autumn move it an hour earlier. The full month-by-month table is on our Portsmouth page.
Selected frames from the Olivia Layne Studios portfolio — not photographs taken at this venue. Ask and we will send full galleries closest in size and setting to your wedding.
A collection costs the same at every venue we work: travel is included and there are no venue fees. The prices below are pay-in-full (the payment plan adds $500 with half down at booking). These are the eight-hour collections; the four-, six- and ten-hour versions are on the collections page.
$2,100 · The Magnolia, 8 hours
Several hundred edited frames, soft and true to colour.
$1,600 · The Anthem, 8 hours
A highlight film and extended edit cut from your own vows and toasts.
$3,600 · The Heritage, 8 hours
One team for both, plus a complimentary engagement session.
Not yet, and we would rather tell you so. We visit Wentworth by the Sea before your wedding and plan the ceremony light, the portrait spots and the walking time between them.
No. Olivia Layne Studios works nationwide and travel is part of every collection, so a wedding at Wentworth by the Sea is priced exactly like one in our own neighbourhood.
Most Portsmouth couples book eight to twelve months out; peak summer and autumn dates go first. A signed agreement and your deposit hold the date, and the balance is due two weeks before the wedding.
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Olivia Layne Studios is an independent wedding photography and film studio. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or booking on behalf of any venue named on this page; venue names are used to identify where we work. Ratings and review counts are Google's, as of our last check, and can change. Confirm availability and policies with the venue.
