Venue: Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
Direct Line: +1 305-250-9133
Venue: Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
Direct Line: +1 305-250-9133
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens isn’t just another Miami venue — it’s basically an Italian villa that crash-landed on Biscayne Bay. You’ve got marble staircases, stone lions, fountains, mossy walls, and gardens that look like they were designed for a Bollywood dance sequence. Guest count? Up to 300 on the East Terrace with the Bay behind you, or around 100 if you want it more intimate in the courtyard. (vizcaya.org) The rules are tight — no crazy decor or daytime ceremonies tearing up their historic floors — but that’s the trade-off for being allowed to throw the kind of party people will be talking about for years. The rental isn’t cheap (around $23k base for 100 guests, plus the add-ons), but let’s be honest, you’re not paying for a ballroom with four beige walls. You’re paying for history, architecture, and sunsets that will make your wedding film look unreal.
Here’s the thing: Vizcaya is gorgeous, but it can eat you alive if you don’t know how to shoot it. The marble, the courtyards, the gardens — they’re bold. They’ll steal the show if you let them. My job? Make sure the story is still you. I’ll grab the shots everyone expects — fountains, arches, Bay at golden hour — but the ones you’ll keep going back to are the raw ones: your dupatta flying off the terrace, guests losing it with laughter in a garden path, that one private look before the pheras that no one else caught. At Vizcaya, light and shadow become characters in the story, and I know how to make them work for you. Thinking Vizcaya might be the spot? Let’s talk before you sign the dotted line. I’ll tell you how to work around their rules, plan for the best light, and turn a “venue wedding” into something that feels like your own damn legend.
