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

The bride and groom silhouetted against a mountain view with trees were about to kiss in the portrait

Cindy Brown

Wedding Couple Portrait of The bride and groom as the sun began to set

Ivelina Cholakova

wedding photographer for intimate ceremonies | The bride clasps hands with the groom as they take their first steps together

Bonnie Sizer

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 justice of the peace, city hall, 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.

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Sacha Miller, an award-winning UK wedding photographer, embraces a journalistic style to capture the authentic moments of your special day, revealing the true essence and emotions of your wedding.

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 Cardiff photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?

A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for Cardiff 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: 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.

WPJA Communiqué: Featured Wedding Photography Articles

Jola Mulder, of Overijssel, is a wedding photographer for

Bringing it Home: The Joys of a Backyard Wedding

Oftentimes when people are considering a venue for their weddings, they search for a location away from home, whether that be ten minutes or ten hours, all just to find what they already have: a place that holds meaning for them, that feels comfortable, or that they 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

What is a Modern Elopement?

WHAT EXACTLY DOES IT MEAN TO ELOPE? If you look up the definition of “elope” in the Merriam-Webster dictionary , you’ll find a plethora of meanings making it quite clear how polarizing the word has become, and how it has transformed and evolved with the passage of time and...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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