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Sintra Wedding Photographers

Our Sintra photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in: Portuguese Riviera, Iberian Peninsula, Agualva e Mira-Sintra, Algueirão–Mem Martins, Almargem do Bispo, Pêro Pinheiro e Montelavar, Cacém e São Marcos, Casal de Cambra, Colares, Massamá e Monte Abraão, Queluz e Belas, Rio de Mouro, São João das Lampas e Terrugem

Sintra Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

Intimate Wedding Photography in Sintra - Capturing the Joy of Small Celebrations - Discover the best Sintra 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 Sintra 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, Sintra 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 eloped and were married in a small ceremony with few witnesses in the garden courtyard at City Hall
Lori Anne Crewe
Bride and groom in Elvis' pink Cadillac, getting ready for Drive-Thru Elopement
Danette Chappell
Dusk elopement ceremony picture in the woods
Lucy Schultz

Sintra Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Sintra 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.

Lisbon WPJA members are ready to document any town hall, pop-up, quick, 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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Carlos Porfírio, documentary-style wedding and elopement photographer - Laranja Metade

Carlos Porfírio is a documentary wedding photographer with over 12 years of experience. With a background in design and web design, he has studied photography and TV direction, fiction, and advertising.

Carlos Porfírio

Lisbon, PT *Now booking Sintra weddings.
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Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Sintra Couples

Sintra Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

A joyful Baraat ceremony in Penha Longa, Sintra, Portugal, where the groom, unfamiliar with horse riding, is cheered on by his guests in a vibrant procession towards his bride.
Engaged couple gracefully dance inside the enchanting walls of Monserrate Palace's ruins chapel in Sintra, Portugal, captured by a renowned PT wedding photographer.
Engaged couple blissfully embraces amidst the stunning sunset at Monserrate Palace in Sintra, Portugal, captured beautifully in BW by an artistic Portugal wedding photographer.
Engaged couple in Sintra, Lisbon, Portugal, stand in the midst of a scenic forest, embracing on a captivating curving road, captured by a talented Portugal wedding photographer.
Engagement portrait in Sintra, Portugal: An Indian couple, captured by a top wedding photographer in Portugal, poses tenderly near a dead tree, creating a romantic and timeless image in black and white.
An engagement portrait taken in Sintra, Lisbon, features the couple illuminated individually, while darkness surrounds them, creating captivating shadows
A couple in a sunlit courtyard, captured in a stunning engagement portrait that showcases the romantic and grand ambiance of the beautiful Monserrate Palace in Sintra
A couple in Sintra, Lisbon, poses for their engagement portrait, surrounded by the beauty of nature.
An engagement portrait was taken in Sintra, Lisbon featuring a couple, captured in black and white against a backdrop of nature.
An engagement portrait was taken in Sintra, Lisbon, featuring a couple positioned in the middle of tree branches
At Camélia Gardens in Sintra, the couple's children had a great time playing with flowers and baskets during the civil ceremony
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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Who are the best Sintra wedding photographers for small elopements?
A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top Sintra documentary wedding photographers for elopements. Our members are able to submit WedElope Stories that take you step-by-step, via a 9 image picture story, through the unique and moving elopements that take place around the world.
Q: How can couples find Sintra photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?
A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for Sintra 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.
Q: Where can I find a photographer for a short-notice, small Sintra 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 Sintra wedding day by.
WPJA Communiqué: Featured Wedding Photography Articles
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Adventure Wedding Elopements
Some couples, as they begin planning for their weddings, might think that they are limited to the classic locations: churches, gardens, beaches, or even Las Vegas. But in doing so they’re missing out on a multitude of unique options that might suit their personalities much...Read more
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Essential Elopement Vendor - The Photographer
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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
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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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