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Helsinki Wedding Photographers

Our Helsinki photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in: Kauniainen, Vantaa, Espoo, Kerava, Tuusula, Sipoo, Kirkkonummi, Nurmijarvi, Jarvenpaa, Siuntio, Vihti, Porvoo, Lohja, Hyvinkaa, Mantsala

Helsinki Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

Intimate Wedding Photography in Helsinki - Capturing the Joy of Small Celebrations - Discover the best Helsinki 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 Helsinki 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, Helsinki 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 couple embraced in a creative Neighborhood Rooftop Elopement Portrait with the perfect lighting from the sunshine
Natasha Lamalle
A happy bride-and-groom and their closest friends celebrated a small, intimate wedding with an enchanting outdoor ceremony at a castle
Carlo Bettuolo
The couple chose to have a small, intimate wedding by exchanging vows during a City Hall civil ceremony, with their officiant standing with them. Smiling, they held each other's hands and made promises to one another in a brief but meaningful ceremony
Wenjie Han

Helsinki Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Helsinki 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.

Finland WPJA members are ready to document any small, secret, courthouse, 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 Helsinki Wedding Venues

1 Helsinki Wedding Photographers...

Risto Kuitunen, a Finland-based wedding photographer, has dedicated his life to capturing the special moments and emotions of couples and their friends on their wedding day. With a passion for the art of wedding photography since his early years, Risto has honed his skills...

Risto Kuitunen

Aura, FI *Now booking Helsinki weddings.
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Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Helsinki Couples

Helsinki Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

Helsinki Finland pretty wedding portrait with formal dressed couple at water with cloud reflections
Helsinki wedding photographer captured this photo of some wedding guests running towards and other guests dodging the tossed bouquet during the wedding reception
Helsinki wedding photographer shoots the action of the wedding guests leaping for the bridal bouquet in this black and white photo

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How can couples find Helsinki photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?
A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for Helsinki 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: Can a wedding photojournalist create artistic portraits on my Helsinki 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 Helsinki wedding photographers who have earned Artistic Guild awards for portrait and detail images.
Q: Where can I find a photographer for a short-notice, small Helsinki 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 Helsinki wedding day by.
WPJA Communiqué: Featured Wedding Photography Articles
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
A Sunshine Solemnization - Outdoor Weddings in Nature
Not everyone has a lagoon or glacier next door, but there's no rule saying you can't have a small wedding in the great outdoors. Take advantage of natural sunshine and that open, airy feeling and give your guests some room to breathe! LESS IS MORE Instead of hemming your...Read more
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

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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