Wedding Photographer in Georgia (the Country): 2026 Prices, Who to Book and the Drone Rules

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Published 8 October 2026·20 min read·Prices and facts checked: October 2026

A wedding photographer in Georgia (the country) costs about 450-500 USD for 3 hours in Tbilisi and 700-1,500 USD for a full day in 2026; Batumi studios start at 850 GEL. Here are 13 photographers and videographers with public prices, the drone and church rules, and what a mountain venue adds.

A wedding photographer in Georgia (the country) costs about 450-500 USD or 1,100-1,300 GEL for a 3-hour registration shoot in Tbilisi and 700-1,500 USD for a full 8-10 hour wedding day in 2026. Batumi studios start lower, from 850 GEL. A videographer adds 490-2,000 USD, usually with the drone included. Travel outside the photographer's home city is charged on top almost everywhere.

Where you marry decides most of the cost and most of the photos: a 20-minute Tbilisi viewpoint, a seaside garden in Batumi, or a whole mountain weekend in Adjara. This guide compares the settings, lists 13 photographers and videographers with public 2026 prices and contacts, and covers the drone and church rules that catch couples out.

Pick the setting first, then the photographer: the setting fixes the travel fee, the light you shoot in and how many hours you need. The table compares the six places couples in Georgia shoot most.

Glamping Tago (our venue), Adjara

• Where: Village Tago, Khulo municipality, at about 1,200 m in mountainous Adjara
• Drive: 92.5 km from Batumi, about 2 to 2.5 hours; the last 9.4 km from Khulo is a mountain road for 4x4 cars and minibuses
• Capacity: up to 100 wedding guests, 33 of them sleeping on the ridge in 12 Lotus Belle tents and a 9-bed dormitory dome, the rest in village guesthouses below
• Season: weddings from May to mid-October
• Photo spots on site: the ceremony meadow facing the mountains, a forest clearing, a valley overlook, the event tent on its wooden deck and the fire circle

Glamping Tago is a mountain camp you book whole, so a wedding here is a weekend rather than one evening, and the photographer can follow it from the getting-ready dome to the bonfire without anyone leaving the venue. It suits couples who want nature in every frame and a group of up to 100 who stay the night. It does not suit a couple who wants a hotel ballroom, a seaside backdrop or a 20-minute transfer from the airport.

Expect 450-500 USD (or 1,100-1,300 GEL) for 3 hours in Tbilisi and 700-1,500 USD for a full day with an independent photographer. Georgian studios charge less, from 700 GEL for a full day in Tbilisi and 1,300 GEL in Batumi, and agencies bundle a photographer at 72-150 USD per hour.

On the Georgian listing site Wedy.ge, wedding photographers ask 150-400 GEL per hour with a 1 to 3 hour minimum, most of them 200-300 GEL. Peony Events prices an 8-hour photographer at 450 USD in Tbilisi and 585 USD in Kakheti or Gudauri, which shows the regional mark-up in one line. Photo and video together usually take 10-15% of a wedding budget in Georgia, according to Kate & Co.

A wedding videographer in Georgia costs 490-2,000 USD in 2026, from a 3-hour clip to a two-camera film of the whole day. With a dedicated wedding videographer the drone is usually inside the package; with a photographer it is an add-on, from 100 GEL in Batumi.

• 490-1,700 USD: Wedding Videographer Georgia in Batumi, drone in every package (details below).
• 650-2,000 USD: our partner videographer packages at Glamping Tago, drone included: 5 hours and a clip up to 3 minutes 650 USD; 8 hours and a film up to 5 minutes 980 USD; 10 hours with a 7-10 minute film and a teaser 1,500 USD; two operators and a 10-15 minute film 2,000 USD.
• 310-575 USD: Irakli Shelia's photo-plus-video combos (1 to 10 hours), one person shooting both.
• 1,250-1,500 GEL: Korinteli Studio's photo-and-video packages, the 1,500 GEL one with a drone.
• Drone add-on: Kseniya Kinasova +100-120 GEL; Irakli Shelia 60 USD for photos or 80 USD for video per location.

A separate drone team costs 500-2,000 GEL per wedding (raw footage 800-1,000 GEL, an edited film 1,000-2,000 GEL). You do not need one if your videographer already flies a drone.

These eight photographers and studios publish their 2026 wedding prices and answer on WhatsApp or Instagram. All are based in Tbilisi and charge travel on top for Kazbegi, Kakheti or Adjara.

Anna Khomutova

• Packages: Standard 3 hours 1,100 GEL with 150 edited photos; Premium 6 hours in Tbilisi, Kakheti or Kazbegi 2,100 GEL; Maximum 10 hours 3,500 GEL
• Contact: WhatsApp +995 551 15 99 34, price page

Maria Gvedashvili

• Packages: "Light story" 3 hours in Tbilisi, Mtskheta, Kojori, Sighnaghi or Kakheti 1,300 GEL; "Wedding Day" up to 10 hours with 300+ edited photos 3,000 GEL
• Delivery: 10 previews within a week, the full gallery in 2-3 months
• Travel: a transfer outside Tbilisi is paid separately, per her price page

Giorgi Begadze (giobeg)

• Packages: engagement shoot up to 4 hours 600 USD; wedding day up to 8 hours with video, 150+ edited photos, 1,200 USD; extra hour 100 USD
• Delivery and terms: 4-6 weeks, or 14 days for +30%; a prepayment holds the date (40% on the engagement package); RAW files cost extra, per his wedding page
• Also shoots: Batumi

Alex & Polly

• Packages: up to 3 hours 450 USD; 6 hours 800 USD; 8 hours 1,200 USD; 10 hours 1,500 USD; 12 hours 1,800 USD
• Delivery: 30 preview frames in 3-5 days (6-hour packages and up), the full set in 45 days (45-60 days for 10-12 hours); express in 5 days +500 USD
• Who: two photographers in every package, so two angles on the ceremony; trips outside Tbilisi are priced individually, per their price list

Daria Filkova

• Packages: Tbilisi registration and a walk, 3 hours 500 USD; small mountain wedding (Kazbegi, Kakheti, Mtskheta or Kojori), 5 hours 750 USD; full wedding day, 10 hours 1,500 USD; extra hour 150 USD
• Delivery: 20-50 previews within a week depending on the package; 2-week delivery +30%; a full-day cinematic reel 500 USD, per her price page

Korinteli Studio

• Packages: wedding photo for a full day (10:00-22:00) 700 GEL; photo and video until the restaurant 1,250 GEL; photo, video and drone 1,500 GEL
• Terms: a non-refundable deposit of at least 100 GEL holds the date, which can be moved; regional transfers cost extra, per the studio's price list
• Covers: Tbilisi, Mtskheta, Saguramo and Rustavi; contact@korinteli.ge

Creator Photo Studio

• Packages: wedding photo and video from 2,000 GEL; Basic 4 hours with 100+ edited photos in 3 weeks; Standard 8 hours with 300+ photos and a pre-wedding session; Premium 10+ hours with 500+ photos, an album and a second photographer, delivered in 2 weeks
• Language: English spoken

Irakli Shelia

• Photo prices: 1 hour 135 USD, 2 hours 175 USD, 3-4 hours 250 USD, 5-7 hours 310 USD, 8-12 hours 460 USD
• Photo and video together: 1-2 hours 310 USD, 3-4 hours 390 USD, 5 hours 499 USD, 6-10 hours 575 USD
• Drone: 60 USD for photos or 80 USD for video per location
• Travel: +30% on all prices for Batumi and Adjara, and a minimum order of 1,500 GEL for Gudauri and Kazbegi, per his price list

Batumi photographers are the ones to ask for a wedding in Adjara, because their trip to the mountains is shorter and cheaper. The pool is smaller than in Tbilisi: MyWed lists 112 wedding photographers in Tbilisi, and its Batumi directory 29, of whom 27 speak Russian, 24 English and 10 Georgian.

650 Studio, Batumi

• Packages: Standard 850 GEL, 4-5 hours until the restaurant, up to 1,500 photos with 60 retouched in detail; Full 1,300 GEL from morning to the end, 80 retouched
• Terms: 100 GEL deposit; photos on a memory card in 20 days, or in one week for +200 GEL; extra hour 150 GEL, per the studio's wedding page

Kseniya Kinasova, Batumi

• Prices: 1 hour 300 GEL, 2 hours 500 GEL, each extra hour +150 GEL; drone video +100-120 GEL
• Terms: 50 GEL deposit and one free reschedule with 24 hours' notice; photos in 7 days; trips outside Batumi are paid extra, per her price page
• Best for: a registration and a short couple session rather than a full day

Sergei Otkrytyi, Batumi and Tbilisi

• Packages: 100 USD per hour; 6 hours 550 USD, 8 hours 700 USD, 10 hours 850 USD, 12 hours 1,000 USD, 14 hours 1,150 USD; a 2-hour love story 180 USD
• Terms: 50% advance; 14-day delivery for +30%
• Good to know: he works between Serbia and Batumi or Tbilisi, so check he is in Georgia on your date, per his price page

Wedding Videographer Georgia (Anton Kuznetsov), Batumi

• Packages: up to 3 hours 490 USD; up to 6 hours 750 USD; up to 10 hours 960 USD; up to 12 hours with two operators 1,700 USD
• Included: a drone in every package; teaser and reels within 10 days; extra hour 100 USD (two cameras 150 USD), per the Batumi package page

Natalia Chizhikova, videographer

• Packages: 650-2,000 USD with drone through our vendor guide
• Good to know: a Russian-speaking videographer from Tbilisi who has already filmed a wedding at Glamping Tago, so she knows the camp, the light and the road

Count three extra costs: the car, the travel time and, for an evening wedding, a bed. For Glamping Tago that means a vendor car from Batumi at 530 GEL return, a travel surcharge of about 100 GEL to 100 USD from Batumi photographers, and a bed on site if they stay the night.

• The car: a 4x4 from Batumi to Tago costs 265 GEL one way per car of 4 seats, so 530 GEL there and back. Pool the photographer, videographer, host and DJ into one car where you can. A 15-seat minibus costs 410 GEL one way.
• The travel surcharge: Batumi photographers and videographers we work with add 100 GEL to 100 USD for the trip to Tago, on top of the car. Tbilisi photographers charge more: Irakli Shelia adds 30% for Adjara, and Gvedashvili and Korinteli bill the transfer separately.
• The hours: the drive takes 2 to 2.5 hours each way and is not part of the shooting time. A photographer who leaves Batumi at 09:00 is with you by about noon.
• By public transport: a marshrutka runs Batumi to Khulo every 30 minutes from 08:00 to 20:00, about 2.5 hours for about 10 GEL, then a 4x4 taxi from Khulo to Tago takes 30-35 minutes for 75 GEL per car. Full details are on our how to get to Glamping Tago page.

Yes, at a private wedding on private land, with the owner's consent and a drone registered in Georgia. The Georgian Civil Aviation Agency (GCAA) requires registration for any drone of 250 g or more, and for a lighter drone if it carries a camera, which every wedding drone does.

• Registration: mandatory for drones of 250 g or more, and for sub-250 g drones fitted with a camera or any sensor that can record personal data, per the GCAA FAQ. The drone carries the operator's registration number.
• Foreign pilots: an operator registration from an EU (EASA) country is not valid in Georgia. A foreigner registers in person at the GCAA office in Tbilisi (Ortachala) with a passport, an active Georgian SIM for the SMS code and access to email. It is free and takes a few minutes.
• Test: the online remote-pilot test (A1/A2/A3) is free, the pass mark is 75% and the certificate is valid for 5 years, per the GCAA announcement. It is only needed for drones over 250 g.
• Flight limits: visual line of sight, a maximum of 120 m above the ground, and never over gatherings of people. In the A2 subcategory the drone keeps at least 30 m horizontally from uninvolved people (5 m in low-speed mode).
• Public events: flying in and around public events needs special permission from GCAA.
• Private land: open-category flights over private property are allowed with the owner's prior consent. Night flights are allowed with green and red flashing lights, and the pilot must be 16 or older.
• No-fly zones: the Georgian eAIP sets a restricted zone with a 1.6 nautical mile radius over central Tbilisi (Sololaki), where flights need air traffic permission, and a zone around Batumi airport, where drones need the aerodrome operator's permission. The zones are on the GCAA airspace map.

The UAS department of GCAA answers on +995 32 294 80 10 (extension 106) and UAS-GA@gcaa.ge.

Shoot in the hour before sunset wherever you are: the midday sun is harsh, so build the couple's session around the golden hour, as Creator's destination-wedding guide and our own wedding timeline both do. In Kazbegi go in the morning instead, because clouds tend to cover Mount Kazbek by evening.

Tbilisi: Old Town, Sololaki, Mtatsminda

The classic Tbilisi set is the courtyards of Old Tbilisi and Sololaki, the Botanical Garden and the Abanotubani sulfur baths, the Fabrika courtyard, and the Mtatsminda viewpoints at sunset, as Mamuka's Tbilisi wedding guide lays out. A 3-hour package covers a registration and a walk, and no travel fee applies. Central Tbilisi sits inside the Sololaki drone zone, so plan aerial shots elsewhere.

Jvari Monastery, Mtskheta

Jvari stands on the hill above Mtskheta, 23.2 km from central Tbilisi, and is the classic church viewpoint for a registration-day shoot near the capital. It is a working monastery: no flash, no photos during services, and photo rules tightened in 2026 at Jvari and Sioni after complaints. Several October 2026 reviews say the interior is under renovation, so plan exterior and viewpoint shots.

Gergeti Trinity Church, Kazbegi

Gergeti stands at 2,170 m above Stepantsminda, about 3 hours and 158 km by car from Tbilisi on a paved road; the last climb from the village to the church is a track for 4x4 cars, or a walk. There is no entrance fee and exterior photography is free; inside, photos need permission and never during a service, per this Gergeti guide. Morning and mid-morning give the best light, per Sunny Georgia. Tbilisi photographers price Kazbegi as a trip: Irakli Shelia has a 1,500 GEL minimum there, and Anna Khomutova's 6-hour Premium covers it.

Sighnaghi and Kakheti

Sighnaghi is 109.8 km and about 2 hours from Tbilisi. The Rtveli grape harvest runs from late September to late October, with the peak in the first two weeks of October and 15-22 C by day, per Sakhva Travel. Daria Filkova's 5-hour mountain wedding package (750 USD) includes Kakheti.

Batumi Botanical Garden and the seafront

Batumi's photo spots are the seafront boulevard, the breakwaters, Green Cape, the Botanical Garden, Piazza, the Greek church of St Nicholas and the Astronomical clock. Summers are humid and spring and autumn rainy, so a Batumi shoot needs a plan B, per Wedding in Georgia. At the Batumi Botanical Garden, a wedding party pays 250 GEL to enter and a ceremony on the ritual podium in the Seaside Park costs 300 GEL; an ordinary foreign visitor ticket is 25 GEL, and the garden takes 2-3 hours to walk.

The Adjara mountains

At Glamping Tago the meadow, the forest and the valley are a two-minute walk from the tents, so the couple's session needs no car. The hills are green in May and June and golden in September and early October; late August can be rainy, and the event tent and the yurt are the rain plan.

Yes, outside freely and inside without flash in most churches, but never during a service, and video only with the priest's consent. For a church crowning, the photographer works quietly and video is usually shot from one fixed spot the priest agrees to.

• No flash inside, ever: it damages the frescoes. Stay away from the iconostasis and the Royal Doors.
• Video needs the priest's consent, usually from a fixed spot, per WedInGeorgia. A drone near the church needs separate permission.
• Dress code for the photographer: long sleeves and knees covered, a headscarf for women.
• Length: an Orthodox crowning takes 40-60 minutes, and Lotus Wedding plans 1 to 1.5 hours depending on the church and the priest. Book coverage for at least an hour for the church alone.
• Monks and nuns are never photographed without their permission, and rules differ from church to church. Ask the parish before the day.

Independent photographers hold your date with 40-50% up front; studios take a fixed 50-100 GEL. Previews arrive within 48 hours to a week, and the full gallery in 2 weeks to 3 months.

Get these in writing before you pay the deposit: the hours and when they start, the number of edited photos, the delivery date, the travel fee and who books the car, the drone and who holds its registration, and whether the raw files are included.

The photographer arrives with the morning and stays through the golden hour and the first dance, and often the night. Because the whole camp is yours, every location is a short walk away and nobody else is in the frame.

A typical day from our organizer guide:

1. 09:00 the photographer leaves Batumi with the other vendors.
2. 12:00 arrival and getting ready in the heated yoga dome, which is the getting-ready room on the day.
3. 16:00 ceremony on the meadow, or in the event tent if it rains.
4. 17:00 canapés and toasts by the yurt while the couple shoots in the golden hour.
5. 19:00 dinner in the event tent, with Yurtalicious, our yurt restaurant, cooking on site.
6. 20:30 cake, first dance and fireworks.
7. Midnight the music moves from outside into the yurt.

That is 8 to 9 hours of shooting from getting ready to the first dance, so book an 8-10 hour package or ask for the evening only. Couples who book get our vendor guide with vetted photographers and videographers, mostly from Batumi, with their contacts and prices. A local Adjaran photographer for a full day starts at 800 GEL, and our regular partner photographer works in packages of 425-750 USD, from 3-4 hours with 300+ photos and reels to a full day with a love-story shoot. See weddings at Glamping Tago and the wedding site.

1. Venue and date first. At Glamping Tago, June to September dates book 6-12 months ahead. The date decides which photographers are free.
2. Photographer next, 3-6 months ahead, as Creator's guide advises. Shortlist two or three from the lists above, check their Instagram for recent weddings, and ask about the date.
3. Videographer and drone together. If the videographer flies a drone, skip the separate drone team and the photographer's drone add-on.
4. Agree the travel in writing: the surcharge, the car and the bed.
5. Pay the deposit and get the contract with hours, number of photos and delivery date.
6. One month out, send the photographer the timeline, the family photo list and the venue's drone times.
7. On the day, give one person the job of gathering people for the group photos.

Glamping Tago for this

A mountain wedding weekend at Glamping Tago, with time for the photos

Glamping Tago is a mountain camp in Adjara that you book whole for one wedding at a time. The ceremony meadow, the forest, the valley overlook and the event tent are all a short walk apart, so your photographer spends the day shooting, not driving.

Our timeline puts the couple's photos in the golden hour, the 9-bed dorm dome gives vendors a bed for the night, and couples who book get our vendor guide with vetted Batumi photographers and videographers and their prices.

Guests

Up to 100, 33 beds on site

Whole camp

3,646 GEL (October) to 6,035 GEL (July-August) per night, event tent included

Minimum stay

2 nights

Season

Weddings May to mid-October

From Batumi

92.5 km, about 2-2.5 hours

Photographer

Local full day from 800 GEL

Vendor car

Batumi and back 530 GEL

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