Top 24 Creative Asia Wedding Portrait Photographers for 2024
Page Updated: January 31st, 2024
Wouldn’t you just love to hire a top creative Asia wedding photographer to create artistic portraits on your big day? The Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist Association is here to help! Wedding photojournalists are, first and foremost, photographers — creative artists, in other words. In the AG contests, WPJA members exhibit their skills at digitally enhanced Asia couple portraits.
Four Artistic Guild contests for Asia wedding portraits are held annually, entered and judged separately from the regular WPJA competitions of moments. After each creative photo contest, we add another collection of award-winning portraits to our member profile galleries.
Want to have a top Asia creative wedding photographer take some unique and artistic portraits? In a portrait (for these purposes), the photographer has staged the couple, the bridal party, or other participants or groups — such as family, friends, or children — on the day of the wedding. One distinguishing feature of portraits is that the subjects are aware of the camera and are maintaining their positions for the sake of the photograph.
Seattle-based Marla Manes specializes in creating artistic detail shots and scenic images for adventurous couples. With a focus on environmental sustainability and a passion for wedding photojournalism, she ensures a comfortable client experience. Additionally, she is a proud dog parent and cat enthusiast.
Geeshan Bandara is an artistic photographer who is known for his ability to capture stories with his images. With over a decade of experience shooting weddings in Europe and Asia, he is particularly skilled at capturing night shots, using dusk lighting, creating silhouettes, and incorporating striking and bold colors into his work.
Rogerio Frota dos Santos specializes in creative fine art wedding portraits, traveling the world to capture unique love stories in intimate settings amidst beautiful landscapes.
Samantha Pastoor is an artistic wedding photographer who discovered her passion for the field early on. She specializes in capturing intimate and romantic poses for couples through creative portrait sessions. Her eye-catching imagery often highlights the tenderness and love shared between couples, with a particular fondness for black and white photography.
Will Tee is an artistic wedding photographer known for his creative portrait sessions and artful detail imagery. He is skilled at using symmetrical framing and creating perfectly balanced images.
Highly acclaimed wedding photographer, Shivali Chopra's unique approach is recognized worldwide. Specializing in close-up portraits with a magazine-style flair, she celebrates diverse styles and creativity.
Martin Hecht is a German wedding photographer who began his career in 2009. He combines his artistic approach with a passion for capturing the emotions of bridal couples and telling their stories. He believes in the importance of loving what you do and is known for his artistic warm-toned images, creative portrait sessions, and captivating black and white photography, often set in scenic countryside landscapes.
Nitin Dangwal is an experienced wedding photographer based in India, with over a decade of experience. He is known for his artistic portrait sessions, capturing eye-catching imagery with his unique editing style. Nitin also incorporates aerial shots using drones, offering high angle perspectives. Furthermore, he has a preference for natural light and utilizes dim and soft lighting to create stunning photos. He also...
Rish Agarwal, a wedding photographer for 10 years, specializes in creative fine art portraits that capture love in his diverse style. With bold designs and graphic elements, he creates stunning wedding day images.
Asia-based wedding photographer Ronnie Szeto is known for his unique photography. With a preference for capturing natural light in romantic and intimate settings, Szeto's signature style embraces the use of faint and soft lighting to create passionate and evocative wedding day portraits. His love for black and white photography adds a timeless and classic touch to his work.
Charles Sng, a seasoned Singapore wedding photographer, captures the serene and romantic essence of a wedding day with his tranquil and thought-provoking images. Through symmetrical framing and balanced compositions, he playfully showcases couples in their joyful celebration, offering them a chance to relive those precious moments.
Monique De Caro is an artistic wedding photographer drawing from her experience in fashion and beauty photography. Her portrait sessions take place in unique and picturesque natural landscapes, creating a beautiful and peaceful environment. She particularly adores capturing romance and intimacy in beach scenes.
Tanushree Vaidya, a wedding photographer, specializes in creative wedding day images, blending commerce and artistry in rich detail. Her bold, colorful, and black-and-white captures, celebrate wedding traditions worldwide.
Mango Gu, an acclaimed international photographer from China, discovered his love for photography at a young age. With over ten years of experience, he has mastered wedding photography, showcasing his talent in capturing silhouettes, shadows, and striking contrasts. Mango excels at balanced, symmetrical framing and has a skillful eye for using natural light.
Seven Tao, a wedding photographer, specializes in creative fine art portraits to document couples' big day. With a focus on diverse styles and storytelling, he captures stunning images, blending realism with expressionism like classical Chinese poetry.
Xiang Qi, a wedding photographer hailing from Fujian, China, incorporates imagination, creativity, and a distinctive shooting style into his work. His photographs exhibit artistic detail, high-angle shots, and bold, bright designs with contrasting colors. He also employs symmetrical framing and balances the composition of his images.
Chaiyasith Junj is a globally sought-after wedding photographer, with a background in architecture and design. Junj's artistry shines through in his captivating images, which play with unique landscapes, beautiful environments, silhouettes, shadows, contrast, and striking use of light. His love for black and white photography adds a bold and timeless touch to his work.
Artistic wedding photographer Liam Collard specializes in creative lighting and innovative wedding photojournalism. With expertise in off-camera lighting, night shots, and dusk lighting, Collard captures stunning silhouettes and skillfully manipulates light to create beautiful wedding images. Available for destination weddings worldwide, Collard showcases scenic landscapes and beautiful environments in his work.
Ankita Asthana is an artistic wedding photographer with a background in travel and diverse cultures. She uses photography as a means of expression and connection. Her portrait sessions produce artful, eye-catching imagery, often incorporating aerial shots and symmetrical framing for balanced images.
Chris Shum, a professional photographer since 2007, combines his lifelong passion for art with his expertise in capturing artistic portraits and details. With a focus on destination weddings, he creates eye-catching and unique imagery in beautiful environments and scenic landscapes, such as beaches. Chris also excels at close-up shots, artfully filling the frame.
Aniket Sananse specializes in wedding and elopement photography, embracing a minimalist style with symmetrical framing. His journey began in 2012 with the creation of AS Photography, focusing on clean, balanced images.
William Lambelet began photographing weddings in a photojournalistic style in 2009. This allowed him to cultivate a distinct perspective in capturing and documenting every aspect of the special day, from the grandest moments to the smallest details. He excels in producing eye-catching imagery through artistic portrait sessions, utilizing natural and soft lighting while incorporating bold designs, graphic elements, and...
Stam Chananakhon is an artistic photographer specializing in destination weddings, with experience working in over 15 countries. Known for her captivating portraits, she excels at capturing the beauty of nighttime and dusk lighting, creating striking images with silhouettes, shadows, and bold contrasts. Her balanced and symmetrical framing adds to the overall impact of her photographs.
Stam Chananakhon is a well-traveled wedding photographer known for his unique photojournalistic approach. Based in Hong Kong since 2009, he has gained a reputation for his ability to capture a dream-like feel through layered images. His work has received praise from numerous satisfied clients.
WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.
