Featured California - Southern Wedding Elopement Photographers
Planning for a small marriage ceremony in California - Southern? The best California - Southern wedding and elopement photographers are members of the Wedding Photojournalist Association. Search this site for links to award-winning, documentary-style wedding images, links to venues, and view photographers by region to find info on their rates and packages.
Page Last Updated January 3rd, 2022
Paige and Cam share their first dance as a married couple.
In October of 2020, I traveled to California to photograph Paige and Cam’s elopement after the pandemic caused them to delay their original big family wedding plans. They picked me up from LAX with the maid of honor Maddie and videographer AJ in tow. As we were in Los Angeles, we immediately stopped at In-n-Out (huzzah!) and a wholesale flower market to buy a couple of buckets of stunning fresh flowers for the wedding.
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While holding hands on the edge of Sunset Cliffs, Erika and Edwin commit their vows to one another in an intimate destination elopement ceremony overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Erika and Edwin first met when they were children growing up in New Jersey. After more than a decade of dating, they decided they wanted to return to their native New Jersey and host a grand wedding with all of their family members and friends. However, when the pandemic swept in and changed nearly everything,...
In this image, the couple stands with their friend as she signs the marriage license. No one can hide their happiness as they share this joyful moment together.
These two lovers came all the way to Los Angeles to elope! They picked up a snazzy Airbnb to get ready in and brought three of their closest friends to witness them get married in DTLA. Furthermore, they asked their best friend to officiate the ceremony, which lead to plenty of laughter and tears throughout. Post ceremony, they...
The incredible setting for their intimate ceremony in the Southern California desert.
These two lovers took a break from East Coast life to get married in Joshua Tree. They just wanted to keep it simple and have a small intimate elopement with their parents in an awesome location that they love. They had an emotional ceremony at Cap Rock, followed by a trek up the Key Views to take in that awesome sunset. It was a perfect day for a fantastic couple.
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