Wedding photo planning data
The datasets behind our guides, free to download and reuse with credit. Each file is built from the same data as its page, so the numbers always match. How we compile them is on the methodology page.
Engagement photo price index
Published standalone engagement-session prices from 292 US photographers' own websites, one row per photographer (names removed).
metro · region · price_usd · top_tier_usd · session_minutes · edited_photos · included_in_a_wedding_package · delivery_weeks
Wedding photography packages
351 wedding-day packages published by 125 US photographers on their own websites: hours, price, second photographer, edited photos, delivery, and whether an engagement session or album is included (names removed).
hours · price_usd · second_photographer · edited_photos · delivery_weeks · engagement_session_included · album_included
Wedding photo timeline guides, counted
Minutes that 15 top-ranking wedding photography timeline guides allot to each part of the day, one row per guide and part (low and high of the stated range).
guide · url · part_of_day · minutes_low · minutes_high
National park photo and ceremony permits
Portrait-session rules and wedding-ceremony permit fees at 30 National Park Service sites, from each park's own pages.
park · state · visits_2024 · portrait_session · portrait_note · page_reflects_2025_rule · small_ceremony_exempt · ceremony_application_fee_usd · ceremony_other_fees · ceremony_max_guests · ceremony_lead_time · entrance_fee_vehicle_usd · sources
Botanical garden photo-session rules
Whether 26 popular botanical gardens allow engagement sessions, the fee and the booking lead time, from each garden's own policy.
garden · city · state · sessions · session_fee_usd · fee · booking_lead_time · note · sources
State park photographer permits
System-wide rules for hired photographers in 11 state park systems.
state · hired_photographer · fee_usd · fee · note · sources
Sunset, golden hour and rain by place
Sunset time and evening golden-hour length on the 21st of each month of 2026, with NOAA 1991–2020 rain days and highs where a station is matched, for every place in the golden hour calculator.
place · lat · lon · timezone · month · sunset_local · golden_hour_minutes · rain_days · mean_high_f · noaa_station
Licence and citation
Our compilations are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0: use them for anything, including commercially, with credit and a link. Underlying facts belong to their sources (each row links to its source, and NOAA climate data is public domain). Suggested citation:
Wedding Photos AI (2026). [Dataset title]. https://weddingphotosai.com/data
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