Courthouse, chapel and wedding stories
Simple civil ceremonies, intimate chapel vows, full wedding days, couple portraits, candid moments, and the people who make the celebration yours.
Detroit, MI · Durham, NC
Your wedding. Your people.
Your story, remembered.
Wedding photography for courthouse ceremonies, intimate celebrations, and full wedding days. Serving Detroit and Durham, with destination coverage across the Midwest and Southeast. Explore portraits, events, and custom photo or video coverage, too.
Concept imagery: The photographs currently shown are AI-generated style examples, not client work or photographs taken by Storyhome. They will be replaced as original portfolio work is approved for display.
Selected stories
Explore the stories we can capture.
These labeled AI concepts illustrate visual direction and are not Storyhome client work. Original photographs and films will be added as they become available.
What we photograph
Real connection, thoughtfully documented.
Every engagement begins with a conversation about the people, setting, timing, and moments that matter most.
Families and pets
Relaxed portraits that make room for children, parents, grandparents, and animals as full members of the family story.
Special occasions
Birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, showers, reunions, proposals, retirement celebrations, and private gatherings.
Photo and video projects
Tell us about your wedding film, event highlights, portraits, or business content. Video availability, crew, audio, film length, and delivery are confirmed in a custom proposal; photography prices do not include video.
Aerial imagery
Planned for 2027, subject to FAA remote-pilot certification, aircraft registration, insurance, venue permission, weather, and required airspace authorization. Not currently bookable.
Plan your coverage
Start with the moments that matter.
Choose a starting point for your inquiry. Finished client galleries and films will be added as original work is approved for display.
Weddings & elopements
Getting ready, ceremony, vows, couple portraits, family groups, and reception highlights.
Couples & proposals
Engagements, surprise proposals, anniversaries, and relaxed sessions together.
Families, pets & portraits
Family groups, graduates, personal portraits, and the animals in your story.
Events & business content
Celebrations, event highlights, team portraits, and custom photo/video briefs. Commercial usage is quoted separately.
Two starting points
Detroit to Durham. Close to home or further afield.
Choose the region closest to your event. We confirm the available crew and service base before quoting travel.
Detroit & the Midwest
Detroit-area weddings, portraits, and events, with a 250-mile standard ground-travel radius.
Detroit coverageDurham & the Southeast
Durham and Triangle-area celebrations, with the same 250-mile standard ground-travel radius.
Durham coverageStarting prices
Choose the coverage that fits the story.
Photography prices are starting points for coverage from an agreed Detroit or Durham base. A written proposal confirms the date, location, coverage, deliverables, travel, taxes, and any requested additions before payment.
Portraits and family stories
Family & Pet Story
$275
Up to 45 minutes · one location within the agreed service area
- Planning questionnaire
- 15 edited high-resolution images
- Private online gallery
- Personal print rights
Signature Family Story
$425
Up to 75 minutes · one location within the agreed service area
- Pre-session planning call
- 30 edited high-resolution images
- Immediate-family groupings and pets
- Private gallery and personal print rights
Special occasions
Occasion Essentials
$500
Two consecutive hours · one photographer
- Timeline and priority-moment review
- Curated edited gallery
- Host and group portraits
- Personal-use delivery rights
Additional coverage
$225/hour
Added to an Occasion Essentials booking
- Consecutive coverage
- Expanded edited gallery
- Custom proposals for larger events
- Commercial use quoted separately
Courthouse, chapel and wedding stories
Small wedding
Courthouse & Chapel Story
$650
Up to 90 consecutive minutes · one nearby portrait location
- One photographer
- Ceremony, couple, and immediate-family portraits
- 40 edited high-resolution images
- Private gallery and personal print rights
Intimate Story
$1,250
Up to 3 hours
- One photographer
- Planning consultation
- Ceremony, portraits, and key moments
- Edited online gallery
Most balanced
Essential Story
$2,400
Up to 6 hours
- One photographer
- Timeline consultation
- Getting ready through reception highlights
- Edited gallery and personal print rights
Full Story
$3,200
Up to 8 hours
- One photographer
- Engagement session included
- Wedding-day timeline consultation
- Edited gallery and personal print rights
Common additions: extra wedding hour $300 · engagement session $350 · second photographer quoted after the timeline and guest count are reviewed.
Courthouse and chapel bookings: ceremony schedules, photography rules, guest limits, parking, and any required permit or venue fee are confirmed before the agreement is issued. Storyhome is not affiliated with any courthouse, chapel, or venue unless expressly stated.
*Standard ground mileage is included within 250 one-way driving miles of your agreed Detroit or Durham base. Required overnight stays, parking, tolls, and venue fees are quoted separately. Destinations up to 1,500 miles receive an itemized travel quote. See travel pricing and examples.
Booking and payment map
A clear path from date request to delivery.
Photography is reserved only after the scope, agreement, and payment schedule are clear.
- 1
Request the date
Share the occasion, location, date, coverage needs, and the people or animals involved.
- 2
Confirm the plan
Receive a written proposal covering deliverables, timeline, usage, travel, and total price.
- 3
Sign and reserve
After signing, pay the 50% non-refundable reservation retainer. No date is held before both steps are complete.
- 4
Pay seven days ahead
The remaining 50% is due seven calendar days before coverage. Galleries are delivered after the contracted coverage and editing process.
Cancellation: the 50% reservation retainer is non-refundable. Payments above the retainer are refundable when cancellation is received at least eight calendar days before coverage. Cancellations seven calendar days or fewer before coverage receive no refund. If Storyhome cancels and cannot provide the agreed service, amounts paid are refunded. Review the Photography Service Terms; the signed agreement controls your booking.
Printed photographs
A finished photograph you can hold.
Selected client-gallery photographs may be ordered on premium-luster photo paper after gallery approval. Cropping is confirmed before production.
5 × 7 print
$15
A gift-ready size for desks, shelves, and small frames.
8 × 10 print
$25
The recommended portrait size for a home or office.
11 × 14 print
$45
A statement-size print for a favorite wedding or family image.
Print prices exclude applicable tax and shipping. Prints are produced only from final Storyhome files selected through an approved client gallery. Frames are not included. Because prints are personalized goods, approved print orders are final unless the delivered item is damaged or materially defective.
Start the conversation
Tell us what you want to remember.
Share your date, venue, and coverage needs. Availability and a written proposal are confirmed before a booking is reserved.
Storyhome Photography is a photography service from Haywood Management LLC.