The Flightless Bird Wedding Experience

COLLECTIONS & INVESTMENT GUIDE

Your wedding deserves more than beautiful photos and videos. It deserves to be remembered exactly as it felt.

The flowers will fade. The cake will be eaten. The music will eventually stop.

What lasts are the moments.

The tears your dad tried to hide.

Your grandmother’s hug.

The laughter during speeches.

The quiet moments you didn’t even notice.

Our goal is simple: to help you stay completely present on your wedding day while we preserve every meaningful moment with honesty, artistry, and intention.

We’re honored you’re here.

- Chelsea and Steven

 

Signature Photography $6000

Perfect for couples who want timeless imagery that tells the complete story of their wedding day - from the quiet anticipation while getting ready to the last dance of the evening.

Unlimited wedding photography coverage

NO TIME LIMITS! We never leave because the clock says it’s time. We stay until your story is told.

Two photographers

One photographer stays with each partner throughout the morning, allowing both stories to unfold naturally without missing a moment.

Private online gallery

Your images are beautifully organized for downloading, sharing with loved ones, and ordering professional heirloom prints and albums.

Complimentary engagement session

We love getting to know our couples before the big day, so engagement sessions are always free!

Want to travel? Cover our flight, and we’ll go anywhere!

Signature Story Collection $10,500

*MOST POPULAR*

Includes everything from our Signature Photography collection +

Highlight Film

a seven-minute cinematic video including professionally recorded audio, drone footage, and licensed music for easy sharing with friends and family

Film Trailer

a first glimpse of your story, perfect for social media sharing

Bespoke Heirloom Collection $14,000

Our signature luxury experience.

This collection was thoughtfully designed for those who want every meaningful moment preserved in multiple mediums. By blending digital photography, authentic 35mm film, cinematic filmmaking, and handcrafted heirloom products, we create an experience that allows you to relive your wedding day for generations to come.

Includes everything from our Signature Story Collection +

Digital + Authentic 35mm Film

In addition to your full digital gallery, you’ll receive a curated collection of authentic 35mm film images shot on a vintage camera, hand developed, and professionally scanned.

(minimum of 15 film images delivered)

Documentary Film

A chronological edit of your day that lets you relive the moments exactly as they unfolded. Less polished than the Highlight Film by design, it’s the closest feeling to pressing “play” on your wedding day years from now.

Fine Art Keepsakes

Film photographs are professionally printed and presented in a linen heirloom box alongside a glass USB containing your gallery and videos - designed to be displayed, shared, and passed down.

Handcrafted Wedding Album

Together we’ll design a beautifully bound album featuring your favorite images, creating a tangible heirloom your family will return to for generations.

This collection is designed for couples who never want to wonder, “I wish we had captured that.”

Intimate Wedding Photography $5000

Some of the most meaningful celebrations are the smallest ones.

Whether you’re gathering your closest family and friends in the mountains, at a family estate, or in a cozy beach house packed with the people who matter most, your wedding deserves the same thoughtful storytelling and intentional care as any grand celebration.

With fewer guests comes more opportunity to slow down, soak in every moment, and create an experience that’s deeply personal. We’ll be there to document the quiet glances, heartfelt embraces, and everything in between.

Includes:

unlimited wedding day coverage for celebrations with fewer than 25 guests

Two photographers

One photographer stays with each partner throughout the morning, allowing both stories to unfold naturally without missing a moment.

Private online gallery

Your images are beautifully organized for downloading, sharing with loved ones, and ordering professional heirloom prints and albums.

Complimentary engagement session

We love getting to know our couples before the big day, so engagement sessions are always free!

Adventure Elopement Collection $4000

Some love stories were never meant for a ballroom.

Whether you’re exchanging vows on a mountaintop at sunrise, beneath a waterfall, along a quiet coastline, or halfway across the world, your wedding day should feel like an adventure that’s unmistakably your's.

Eloping isn’t about doing less - it’s about making space for what matters most.

We’ll help you create a day that reflects your story, from finding the perfect location and navigating permits to building a timeline that allows you to slow down, explore, and fully experience every moment together.

Because your wedding day shouldn’t feel rushed.

It should feel like the greatest adventure you’ve ever taken.

Includes:

unlimited wedding day coverage for celebrations with fewer than 5 guests

Two photographers documenting every meaningful moment and beautiful landscape

Personalized location recommendations and planning assistance

Guidance with permits, timelines, vendors, and logistics

Complimentary engagement session

Professionally edited high-resolution images delivered in a private online gallery for downloading, sharing, and ordering heirloom prints

Wedding Videography Collection $6000

Photographs preserve a single moment in time.

Films preserve the movement, the voices, the laughter, and the emotion that photographs simply cannot.

Our approach to wedding filmmaking is rooted in authentic storytelling. Rather than staging every little moment, we quietly document your day as it naturally unfolds, crafting a cinematic film that allows you to relive not only how your wedding looked - but exactly how it felt.

Includes:

Unlimited wedding day videography coverage

A handcrafted seven-minute cinematic Highlight Film

professional audio of meaningful moments

Drone footage (conditions permitting)

Professionally licensed music

Private online gallery for downloading and sharing your films

A LA CARTE

Ask us about building your own bespoke wedding collection with the options below, or utilize them as add-ons to our existing collections.

35mm Film Photography: $2000

  • In addition to your full digital gallery, you’ll receive a curated collection of authentic 35mm film images shot on a vintage camera, hand developed, and professionally scanned. Minimum of 15 scanned film images delivered.

  • includes linen keepsake box with glass USB of all digital files and 10 fine art prints (because film is meant to be held, not swiped through)

Feature Film: : $7000

  • 40 minutes in length

  • clips from throughout the day cut cinematically

  • includes drone and audio

  • songs licensed for sharing on social media or websites

Creative Highlight Film: $6000

  • 7 minutes in length

  • includes audio and drone footage

  • cinematic video that tells the complete story

  • songs licensed for sharing on social media or websites

Film Trailer: $2000

  • 1 minute in length

  • PERFECT for social media sharing!

  • similar to a movie trailer

Save the Date Film: $2000

  • creative engagement session film

  • 1 minute in length

  • perfect for social media sharing or websites

Ceremony Extended Cut: $3000

  • full film of ceremony from various perspectives

  • professional quality audio included

The Documentary: $3000

This is the closest thing you’ll get to all the RAW footage - just cleaned up a bit! We piece together almost all the footage from your wedding day into a “home movie” of sorts (without the test shots, professional audio, or added music). This is for the people who want to look back on the entirety of their day in a 90s home movie style video!

  • the entire day’s footage pieced together in chronological order, documentary style

  • NOT cinematic; no music or professional audio; no transitions - similar to a home movie

Engagement Session: $700

An engagement session is the perfect way for you to announce your engagement to family and friends - and for us to get to know one another before we work together on your wedding day!

  • 2 photographers

  • location scouting included!

  • unlimited images delivered in a private online gallery where you can share, download, and order prints (minimum of 80 images)

  • wardrobe change included if desired

* Engagement Sessions are complimentary with every wedding package!

*Read more about preparing for your engagement session on our blog!

Bridal Session: $700

A bridal session is the perfect enhancement to your hair and makeup trial run. It’s a chance for you to wear your gown and pamper yourself before the wedding. These sessions last around an hour, but as always, we don’t do strict time limits.

  • 1 photographer

  • unlimited images delivered in a private online gallery (minimum of 80)

Newlywed Session: $700

A newlywed session is the perfect opportunity for you two to throw back on those wedding clothes and get some stunning portraits at an epic location! Engagement sessions may be exchanged for Newlywed Sessions at no extra cost.

Rehearsal Dinner Photography: $700/ hour

  • details, portraits, and candids included

  • videography included at no extra charge if already purchased for wedding day

 

Save the Date

Film Trailer

Feature Film

Highlight Film

 

PRINTS

starting at $3 (prices visible in online storefront)

GALLERY WRAPS

starting at $166 (prices visible in online storefront)

METAL PRINTS

starting at $51

LEATHER & LINEN ALBUMS

starting at $870

MILEAGE INFORMATION

We LOVE to travel! In order to compensate for travel expenses, the following round trip mileage fee is calculated into the total balance for every applicable event:
Less than 200 roundtrip miles from Tryon, NC: FREE
200-400 miles: $250 | 400-800 miles: $500 | 800+ miles: $1500

We don’t charge milage fees anywhere in the Carolinas.

*We offer a 10% discount to brides or grooms who have served in the military. Thank you for your service and sacrifice!

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We can’t wait to hear your story.

Whether you’re planning an intimate mountain elopement or the biggest party of your lives, we’d be honored to preserve your story.

Our hope is simple: that every time you look through your photographs or press play on your film, you’ll be transported back to exactly how you felt the moment you said “I do.”

We can’t wait to celebrate with you.

Chelsea, Steven, and the Flightless Bird team