Newport RI wedding officiant and photographers. Over 20 years of experience and thousands of happy couples! Available to officiate any size wedding and offering officiant/photography services for small micro weddings, elopements and small vow renewals, romantic couple and engagement photo sessions in Newport or Jamestown!
Newport Destination Weddings, Elopements, Budget Weddings, Micro Weddings and Vow Renewals! Simple, Romantic, Affordable Stress-free and Fun! For Newport, Jamestown, Tiverton and Bristol and select South County Rhode Island locations.
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Our services are sweet and simple, fun, relaxed, and affordable, and a smart choice in our uncertain times!
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Our Services, Prices and Packages
We offer wedding officiant services for any size wedding. We offer officiant services with photography for small destination weddings, elopements, micro weddings and vow renewals in our beautiful City by the Sea! No stress, fun, romantic and very affordable. Romantic ceremonies and simply beautiful photography! Newport Rhode Island and surrounding areas.
We have a wide variety of ceremonies and vows that you will have access to that include ocean themed ceremonies, spiritual, romantic, fun, and a special section just for vow renewals. You can edit or add on your own words if you would like. We can help make your ceremony personalized with readings, poems or incorporate your own writings!
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We are based in the Newport area and offer affordable officiant and photography services for simple small weddings and elopements on beaches, parks, and along the seacoast. Our service areas include Aquidneck Island, Bristol, and Jamestown. our ceremonies are romantic, relaxed and laid back, fun, non traditional and intimate, with ocean themes if appropriate, and more to do with the importance of friendship, forgiveness, love and laughter in your marriage!
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We officiate for weddings with any number of guests (officiant only, no photography) or up to 25 guests with a qualifying photo package, but if you only need me to officiate, we reserve within 3 hours before the scheduled sunset time for couples who want one of our very affordable officiant/photo packages.
Our Packages
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Officiant Service without photography ranges from $225 to $350, depending on timing, guest numbers, and location.
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Interested in an Officiant and Photography Packages? We officiate. We photograph. You get married!
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Officiant/Photography packages range from $375 to $799 with limits on guest numbers. This means you are getting an Officiant and a professional photographer all wrapped up in one package. Easy, simple, stress-free and very affordable.
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Packages with Don Beach as your officiant/ photographer
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Couples and Engagement Photo Session $225
Why not come to Newport for a date and have a casual and romantic photo session at Queen Anne Square, Brenton Point, or Fort Adams! 30 minutes and all images taken, with your pics done and uploaded within a week to your own online gallery for Hi-Res unlimited downloads. Or for something different, Fort Wetherill in Jamestown for some colorful background graffiti! (bring a can of spray paint to add your own!) Suggestions for more private locations around our island upon request!
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Just the Essentials Elopement Package $375
just want a few keepsake pics after your ceremony? consider my Budget Package with Photography! for this package, with a prescripted ceremony (you are welcome to say your own vows to each other!). the officiant is also your photographer for a sweet and simple quick and painless 10-to-15-minute photo session after the ceremony. (and if you like, our officiant can even get a few pics during the ceremony... after all, he has the best vantage point in the house!) 10 images of your choice available as hi-res downloadable files. limited to our local area of Newport, Middletown or Jamestown. These images will be professionally edited and high resolution. You will have printing rights and ability to order products from the gallery. Your online gallery will be available for 1 month.
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Sandy Kisses Elopement Package $499 Popular!
limited to 15 guests or less, the officiant is also your photographer for ceremony coverage (yes, he can do that!), and a romantic photo session after the ceremony. This is short and sweet in our local area of Newport, Jamestown or Bristol, and includes access to our large library of unique ceremony and vow ideas and all images taken, offered as high resolution downloadable digital images of your choice. Online gallery will be available for 1 month.
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Packages that include our officiant plus a second photographer
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Just The 2 Of Us Package $475
this package is designed for just the 2 of you and no more than 4 witnesses. Includes officiant and second photographer for ceremony coverage, and a few romantic shots after the ceremony. This is short and sweet in our local area of Newport, Jamestown or Bristol, and includes a prescripted ceremony and 12 high resolution downloadable digital images of your choice. Online gallery will be available for 1 month.​
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KISS (Keep it simple, sweetie) Package $599 the couple plus 0 to 15 guests. Popular!
officiant plus second photographer, 4 group shots, up to one hour total with 25 images of your choice available as hi-res downloadable files. These images will be professionally edited and high resolution. You will have printing rights and ability to order products from the gallery. Your online gallery will be available for 1 year.
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True Love Package $699 the couple plus 0 to 25 guests. ​
officiant plus photographer, 6 group shots, up to one hour total with 50 images of your choice available as hi-res downloadable files. These images will be professionally edited and high resolution. You will have printing rights and ability to order products from the gallery. Your online gallery will be available for 1 year.
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Island Romance Package $799 the couple plus 0 to 25 guests. ​
officiant plus photographer, 6 group shots, up to one hour total with all images taken available as hi-res downloadable files. These images will be professionally edited and high resolution. You will have printing rights and ability to order products from the gallery. This package is great for couples who would like to have all images available to them forever or might be interested in making a keepsake wedding album. Your online gallery will be available for 1 year.​​
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As we usually capture and upload many more images to your gallery than the number of images included with your package, we are always happy to upgrade your package to another package.
A few things to consider...Keep in mind when considering which package works for you, for the larger packages there will be more of a variety of shots and poses taken and a longer photoshoot, so if you are hoping for many images you should opt for a larger package ahead of time rather than say we will wait and decide later. ​​​​​
Dear Don and Kathy,
Words cannot express how beautifully you captured our love for each other on our wedding day. Not only in our vows, but in our gorgeous photos. You helped turn a rainy dreary day into a magical moment we will never forget.
Mike and I have known and loved each other for a long time. It was one of those stories where we both knew we should be together but we had both made commitments to other people and the timing was never right. Six years ago, things changed and we began dating and haven’t left each other’s sides since.
When the ceremony started, Mike looked at me and said “are you really here?” because he knew that was what was going through my mind. “is this really happening?” after loving him for so long, it was a dream I had always hoped would come true. And now it has and we have pictures to prove it!
You both witnessed an event that was 16 years in the making and will last for a very long time. I am so happy that you were there and that you could stay and celebrate with us. It was a pleasure having you there and an honor to have you marry us.
From the bottom of our hearts…. Thank you.
