Cardiff Wedding Photographers

Our Cardiff photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in: Penarth, Barry, Newport, Pontypridd, Weston-super-Mare, Cwmbran, Clevedon, Pontypool, Bridgend, Rhondda, Nailsea, Burnham-on-Sea, Rhymney, Aberdare, Merthyr Tydfil

Cardiff Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

Intimate Wedding Photography in Cardiff - Capturing the Joy of Small Celebrations - Discover the best Cardiff 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 Cardiff 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, Cardiff documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings and elopements can’t wait. Find yours today!

Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards

A no fuss, no frills outdoor elopement with just siblings and parents

Natasha Lamalle

The couple eloped and were married in a small ceremony with few witnesses in the garden courtyard at City Hall

Lori Anne Crewe

Outdoor beach wedding photo as the bride basks in the sunlight

Carlo Bettuolo

Cardiff Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Cardiff 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.

Glamorganshire WPJA members are ready to document any themed, secret, town hall, 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.

View Award-Winning Pictures from Cardiff Wedding Venues

1 Cardiff Wedding Photographers...

Sacha Miller is an award-winning UK wedding photographer. His background extends back to 2004 and he is based just north of Cardiff in South Wales.

Sacha Miller

Ystrad Mynach in Glamorgan, GB *Now booking Cardiff weddings.

1750 (GBP)

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Cardiff Couples

Cardiff Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

A wedding photographer in Cardiff created this image of these bridesmaids posing for a selfie

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How can couples find top-ranked Cardiff wedding photographers?

A: The WPJA created the original wedding photographer ranking systems. Our innovative system is based on contest winning points, meaning that the Cardiff photographers you see at the top of your search results page have recently won the most — and the most recent — contest awards. Our contests judge photographers based on their creativity, style, composure, and ability to capture the heart of any couple's story on their wedding day.

Q: Can a wedding photojournalist create artistic portraits on my Cardiff wedding day?

A: While wedding photojournalists strive to capture candid moments on the wedding day, our photographers also are skilled artists who can compose powerful portraits. If you have a specific vision of what types of images you want from your wedding day, look at the top-ranked Cardiff wedding photographers who have earned Artistic Guild awards for portrait and detail images.

Q: Who are the best Cardiff wedding photographers for small elopements?

A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top Cardiff 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.

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

Small Weddings - How to Budget and Save

Traditionally speaking, often times it is the couple’s families who help pay for their wedding. However, unfortunately that’s just not possible for everyone, especially these days when the cost of weddings can quickly and easily get out of control. Some couples find...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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