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Buffalo Wedding Photographers

Our Buffalo photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in:

Buffalo Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

LOVE WON'T WAIT! - Couples are quickly moving forward with smaller weddings. Our Buffalo photographers are ready to accommodate.

By planning a simple Buffalo 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, Buffalo 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 small, civil wedding ceremony held in a luxurious hotel's sunlit room allowed the bride and groom to exchange their vows
Carlo Bettuolo
The happy couple celebrated their small wedding by exiting the Town Hall with their arms raised after their civil ceremony
Ernie Savarese
The couple's small wedding ended with a bang as they exited the venue surrounded by fireworks and sparklers
Piotr Maksa

Buffalo Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Buffalo 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.

New York - Upstate WPJA members are ready to document any small, fast, secret, 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 Buffalo Wedding Venues

3 Buffalo Wedding Photographers...

Engagement, Wedding and Elopement Photographer Dennis Crider

Dennis Crider

Loudonville in Ohio, US *Now booking Buffalo weddings.
34
6
3000 (USD)

Rachel Philipson

Ithaca in New York, US *Now booking Buffalo weddings.
1000 (USD)
Rochester wedding photography by Bob Kniley of Upstate New York

Bob Kniley

Lima in New York, US *Now booking Buffalo weddings.
3300 (USD)

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Buffalo Couples

Buffalo Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

Buffalo, New York Church wedding photos - the mothers light their part of the unity candle

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Who are the best Buffalo wedding photographers for small elopements?
A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top Buffalo 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 reviews of Buffalo 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 Buffalo wedding photographers for their own wedding.
Q: How can couples find Buffalo photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?
A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for Buffalo 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.
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
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
Essential Elopement Vendor - The Photographer
So your wedding is just around the corner and you’ve decided to elope , either because you want to do this on a budget , avoid a large wedding party, or simply to enjoy the day together with minimal distractions and as little stress as possible . They say 'all you...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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