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Puerto Rico Wedding Photographers

Find Puerto Rico photographers serving: San Juan, Bayamón, Carolina, Ponce, Caguas

Puerto Rico Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

YOU CAN'T STOP LOVE - In recent days, some of our Puerto Rico wedding photographer vendors have expressed their desire to accommodate couples who don’t want to wait to be married and are rushing the ceremony.

Many couples have recently discovered that less is more when it comes to wedding planning in Puerto Rico, and those small weddings allow them to truly enjoy every aspect of their day. While they may be planning a sweet and simple Puerto Rico elopement, couples still want to have their wedding day documented.

The WPJA has an abundance of top-ranked, Puerto Rico documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings and elopements can’t wait. Find yours today!
Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards
Lake wedding photographer | Bridal portrait in the rugged terrain of the mountains
Dorota Karpowicz
McDowell Sonoran Conservancy - Scottsdale, Arizona Elopement Photo Story | Guests stand around the couple during the ceremony, some of them getting emotional
Laura Segall
Cape Cod Island, MA Elopement Photo from Beach Ceremony
Katie Kaizer

Puerto Rico Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Puerto Rico 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.

Caribbean WPJA members are ready to document any city hall, themed, 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.

View Award-Winning Pictures from Puerto Rico Wedding Venues

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2 Puerto Rico Wedding Photographers...

Puerto Rico wedding, engagement and elopement photography by Alexis Rodriguez Montalvo of Caribbean

Alexis Rodriguez Montalvo

Sabana Grande, PR
12
48
3500 (USD)

Giovanni Franco

Trujillo Alto in Puerto Rico, US
2
1700 (USD)

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Puerto Rico Couples

Wedding Venue Pictures by Puerto Rico Wedding Photographers

Please select a venue below to view all associated contest-winning Puerto Rico wedding photos.

Puerto Rico Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

A Save the Date in Old San Juan. Puerto Rico portrait of the couple walking and holding hands near wall mural art
She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico on a short pier over the water at sunset
An after the marriage proposal Old San Juan engagement photograph in Puerto Rico of the couple standing in front of a door by a flag
An after the wedding proposal engagement picture session in Old San Juan, PR using a door for framing and posing the couple to add depth
A Save the Date in Puerto Rico. Old San Juan portrait of a couple embracing in the light of the sun near brightly colored buildings
Documentary wedding photographer at Hacienda Siesta Alegre event venue in Puerto Rico created this Photo during reception party
Best wedding photography from the Hacienda Siesta Alegre venue in Río Grande, Puerto Rico showing an Amazing reception entrance
An after the wedding proposal engagement picture session at Condado Vanderbilt Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Who are the best Puerto Rico wedding photographers for small elopements?
A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top Puerto Rico 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 Puerto Rico photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?
A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for Puerto Rico 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 reviews of Puerto Rico wedding photographers?
A: We call them Client Letters. At the WPJA, we decided more than 20 years ago to avoid incorporating those third-person testimonials and endorsements that are found all too often in advertisements. Instead, we elevated our listings with the use of Client Letters, which represent the actual words and feelings of the clients who booked those Puerto Rico wedding photographers for their own wedding.
WPJA Communiqué: Featured Wedding Photography Articles
Clean background in this photo of the bride walking into her mountain ceremony.
Adventure Wedding Elopements
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Smaller Weddings in a Time of Social Distancing
It’s no secret that these are strange times we’re going through right now, and there are many couples out there with weddings set in the near future who are left feeling uncertain and concerned about their futures. While that’s understandable, it’s also important to...Read more
Wedding Economy: The Ups and Downs
We all know that the economy can go through some hard times, and be somewhat reminiscent of past recessions. However, as people cut back on non-essential little luxuries here and there, one constant remains: weddings. People don’t tend to just stop getting married due...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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