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Gloucestershire Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

YOU CAN'T STOP LOVE - In recent days, some of our Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire, and those small weddings allow them to truly enjoy every aspect of their day. While they may be planning a sweet and simple Gloucestershire elopement, couples still want to have their wedding day documented.

The WPJA has an abundance of top-ranked, Gloucestershire documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings and elopements can’t wait. Find yours today!
Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards
Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Elopement Photos | The thrill of celebrating the wedding in front of the sea, with your family and closest friends
Clara Sampaio
wedding photographer for intimate ceremonies | The bride clasps hands with the groom as they take their first steps together
Bonnie Sizer
A Wedding Venue Image showing The bride and groom exiting the church with joy and flower petals
Mauricio Urena

Gloucestershire Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Gloucestershire 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.

England WPJA members are ready to document any justice of the peace, courthouse, 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 Gloucestershire Wedding Venues

4 Gloucestershire Wedding Photographers...

Monmouthshire BW wedding reportage photography by Brontë Fae of Wales, United Kingdom

Brontë Fae

Monmouth in Monmouthshire, GB *Now booking Gloucestershire weddings.
2
980 (GBP)
UK photographer: Martin Dabek

Martin Dabek

Bristol in Bristol, GB *Now booking Gloucestershire weddings.
17
1100 (GBP)

Sacha Miller

Ystrad Mynach in Glamorgan, GB *Now booking Gloucestershire weddings.
5
1750 (GBP)
United Kingdom elopement and wedding reportage pictures by Alex Benyon

Alex Benyon

Evesham in Worcestershire, GB *Now booking Gloucestershire weddings.
1249 (GBP)

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Gloucestershire Couples

Gloucestershire Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

Documentary photography from wedding at the Berkeley Castle Church in Gloucestershire showing The bride and groom smiling as they light a candle together at their wedding ceremony, with the hand of their vicar directing them seen in the corner
Best wedding venue photography in [current-date:custom:Y] at Clearwell Castle showing a Wedding Dress detail - tying up the dress
Documentary wedding photographer at Clearwell Castle event venue in Gloucestershire captured this Father of the Bride Speech, embarrassing the bride
An exceptional Gloucestershire wedding image by a pro UK photographer at Elmore Court exhibiting a Silhouette of guests giving a reception venue speech
A documentary wedding photographer in Cotswolds captured this picture of the Bride reading letter from the groom
Surprise proposal engagement shoot at the Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire
Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire surprise proposal engagement shoot
Engaged Couple Session | Nailsworth, Gloucestershire pre-wedding shoot

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How can couples find top-ranked Gloucestershire wedding photographers?
A: The WPJA created the original wedding photographer ranking systems. Our innovative system is based on contest winning points, meaning that the Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire wedding photographers who have earned Artistic Guild awards for portrait and detail images.
Q: Who are the best Gloucestershire wedding photographers for small elopements?
A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top Gloucestershire 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
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
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
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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