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Puerto Vallarta Wedding Photographers

Find Puerto Vallarta photographers serving: Jalisco

Puerto Vallarta Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

NO STOPPING LOVE - In recent months, many of our wedding photographers have communicated their desire to accommodate couples who don’t want to wait to be married and are quickly moving forward with smaller ceremonies.

By planning a simple Puerto Vallarta 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, Puerto Vallarta documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings and elopements can’t wait. Find yours today!
Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards
At the top of a hill, a romantic kissing couple exchanged their vows in a beautiful, intimate ceremony, celebrating their love with a small wedding
Christelle Rall
The couple celebrated their small wedding on the boardwalk, with calm waters behind them, dancing alone on the docks of the Harbor
Alex Gordeev
The couple held a small wedding surrounded by their closest friends and family, under the bright blue desert sky. They exchanged their vows in an intimate ceremony.
Laura Segall

Puerto Vallarta Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Puerto Vallarta 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.

Jalisco WPJA members are ready to document any town hall, city hall, mini, 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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2 Puerto Vallarta Wedding Photographers...

Wedding and elopement photographer Juan Carlos Calderon, of Car & Mel Photography

Juan Carlos Calderon

Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco, MX
35
3
37
4000 (USD)
Weddings, engagement portraits and elopement photography by Nikhol Esteras

Nikhol Esteras

Oaxaca de Juárez in Oaxaca, MX *Now booking Puerto Vallarta weddings.
114
11
3000 (USD)

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Puerto Vallarta Couples

Puerto Vallarta Wedding Elopement Photography - WedElope

View WedElope Image Galleries by Puerto Vallarta Wedding Photographers from Small Events and Intimate Elopements.

Puerto Vallarta Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

A pre-wedding Playa Conchas Chinas, Puerto Vallarta engagement session with a couple embraced on the sands of the beach
Pre-wedding engagement image-session at Malecon Puerto Vallarta, Mexico resulting in A close up portrait of the couples faces and her engagement ring
Puerto Vallarta bride and groom to be, modeling for a Mexico pre-wedding picture by the beach with surfers in the water
True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at the Marriott Resort Puerto Vallarta in Mexico illustrating a couple having a carefree stroll on the sands of the beach
Conchas Chinas, Puerto Vallarta beach couple portrait walking along the water's edge
Puerto Vallarta wedding moment image at Iglesia de Guadalupe church during the ceremony
Mexico pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers in low light at Now Amber Resort, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
First dance wedding photo from Las Caletas, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Who are the best Puerto Vallarta wedding photographers for small elopements?
A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top Puerto Vallarta 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 Vallarta photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?
A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for Puerto Vallarta 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 Puerto Vallarta 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 Puerto Vallarta wedding photographers who have earned Artistic Guild awards for portrait and detail images.
WPJA Communiqué: Featured Wedding Photography Articles
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
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
Essential Elopement Vendor - The Photographer
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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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