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Kansas City Wedding Photographers

Our Kansas City photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in: Lee's Summit

Kansas City Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

Intimate Wedding Photography in Kansas City - Capturing the Joy of Small Celebrations - Discover the best Kansas City photographers specializing in intimate marriages. Couples are embracing the trend of smaller, more meaningful celebrations. Let our talented photographers capture the joy and intimacy of your wedding day.

By planning a simple Kansas City elopement, couples are able to stay present in the moment and fully absorb the impact of their wedding day. Given the fact that many couples feel more natural and at ease in intimate settings, it's no surprise that some of the most breathtaking wedding images come from elopements.

The WPJA has an abundance of top-ranked, Kansas City documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings and elopements can’t wait. Find yours today!
Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards
The couple stood for a portrait, kissed and embraced, as they enjoyed the beautiful view of the ocean and blue sky, with the blue water beating against the shore. It was the perfect setting for their small and intimate wedding.
Chris Shum
The bride gracefully walked away from her parents' flat, her white gown flowing behind her as she held her father's hand
Carlos Porfírio
The bride and groom, with their dog leading the way, joyfully elope at City Hall
Alessandro Arena

Kansas City Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Kansas City wedding event is a wedding photojournalist’s dream: a fairly open schedule with lots of breathing space for creativity – it’s just the photographer, the couple, the officiant, and perhaps a few select companions.

Missouri WPJA members are ready to document any city hall, courthouse, DIY - do it yourself, or elopement wedding, even if it is a Monday-Thursday ceremony. Search for the “Can Shoot Weddings on Short Notice!” message on the listings below.

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1 Kansas City Wedding Photographers...

Deanna Johnson wedding photography

Deanna Johnson, a documentary wedding photographer, channels her background in fine arts to capture the raw energy and passion of artists in intimate concert settings.

Deanna Johnson

Kansas City in Missouri, US
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Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Kansas City Couples

Kansas City Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

Below are some Kansas City wedding photography samples from the world’s best wedding photographers of the WPJA. Some of these Kansas City marriage pictures might be artistic portraits, details, or documentary-style images that have come from getting ready sessions, wedding ceremonies, reception venues, or Kansas City engagement portrait sessions with couples.

Bride and groom burst into laughter at their Kansas City, Missouri wedding reception during speeches, capturing a joyful moment
An engaged couple in Kansas City, Missouri, took time to relax in the sunshine at a city park, posing for their engagement portrait session in a kids play net.
An engaged couple in Kansas City, Missouri, enjoyed a relaxing afternoon in a city park, posing for their engagement portrait session amidst nature's beauty, in black and white silhouettes and leaves enveloping them.
A beautiful engagement photography session in Kansas City, featuring a couple standing in a parking garage, captured in a stunning silhouette with blue tones
A creative photograph of a couple standing in Kansas City in front of a large, silhouetted tree against a blue sky
The bride and groom, leaving their wedding reception in Kansas City, Missouri, were captured in a documentary-style photograph, sitting in a car covered in rain water with "Just Married" written on the window behind them
An artistic and creative lifestyle portrait of a couple in a park in Kansas City, Missouri, using a prism effect
A couple was photographed in a Kansas City parking garage doorway with the skyline in the background
A lifestyle portrait of a couple in a Kansas City parking garage rooftop with a skyline background and low sun
At the Kansas City, Missouri wedding ceremony, the groom was welcomed with a warm hug at the altar by dad, while guests watched in delight under the shade of many tall trees
At the outdoor Kansas City Missouri Wedding ceremony, the bride walking down aisle
Missouri wedding reception image of the Groom on a chair at the Kansas City festive celebration party

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Where can I find a photographer for a short-notice, small Kansas City wedding?
A: There are many WPJA photographers who are able to help you out at a moment's notice. We understand that sometimes love happens and there's simply no time to lose. We can ensure that you can get married as quickly as possible — and have incredible photographs to remember your Kansas City wedding day by.
Q: How can couples find reviews of Kansas City wedding photographers?
A: We call them Client Letters. At the WPJA, we decided more than 20 years ago to avoid incorporating those third-person testimonials and endorsements that are found all too often in advertisements. Instead, we elevated our listings with the use of Client Letters, which represent the actual words and feelings of the clients who booked those Kansas City wedding photographers for their own wedding.
Q: How can couples find Kansas City photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?
A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for Kansas City wedding photographers to showcase their best engagement photography work. These awards are given to photographers who prove that they have an ability to be creative, artistic, and intuitive while working on-location with couples who are newly engaged.
WPJA Communiqué: Featured Wedding Photography Articles
Vows, Crowds, and Nerves: Avoid Stress with a Small Wedding
While some of us were fortunate enough to be born as extroverts, not everyone feels the same way. For a good chunk of the population, any number of the typical wedding day traditions can inspire anxiety and existential dread. This day is all about you, yes, but does that...Read more
Essential Elopement Vendor - The Photographer
So your wedding is just around the corner and you’ve decided to elope , either because you want to do this on a budget , avoid a large wedding party, or simply to enjoy the day together with minimal distractions and as little stress as possible . They say 'all you need is...Read more
An Unforgettable Romance: The Intimacy of an Elopement
While some people live for the hustle and bustle of a big wedding with extravagant décor and an impossibly long guest list, others find these kinds of weddings to be too much hoopla, preferring instead something simpler and quieter, allowing for more intimacy between them...Read more

WPJA Communiqué: Viewpoints
Elopements: Traditional and Modern
The oldsters among the WPJA ranks no doubt remember when 'to elope' meant, in Merriam-Webster’s definition, “to run away secretly with the intention of getting married, usually without parental consent.” Many wedding photographers have gone on the lam with couples who did just that. However, even Merriam-Webster now acknowledges that “elope appears to have become shorthand for ‘ small destination weddings ,’ a ‘ wedding that is not financially insane ,’ or a ‘ wedding that allows us to not invite all the people we would rather not invite .’” Smaller Weddings are... Read more
What is Reportage?
On Instagram and elsewhere, one can see images labeled as #photojournalism or #reportage when they are, in fact, merely photos. I say "merely," even though photography has been my career's great passion. But it's because of that passion and my respect for the work of actual photojournalists that I am particularly bothered to see wedding photographers call their work "reportage." That word properly used actually means something important beyond just a stylistic conceit. By contrast, however, I'm the lead cheerleader for those practitioners of #weddingphotojournalism ... Read more

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