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Kansas City Wedding Photographers

Our Kansas City photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in: Lee's Summit

Kansas City Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

Intimate Wedding Photography in Kansas City - Capturing the Joy of Small Celebrations - Discover the best Kansas City photographers specializing in intimate marriages. Couples are embracing the trend of smaller, more meaningful celebrations. Let our talented photographers capture the happiness and closeness of your casual, unique, modern, or at-home wedding.

By planning a simple Kansas City elopement, couples are able to stay present in the moment and fully absorb the impact of their wedding day. With many couples feeling more comfortable and relaxed in intimate settings, it is not surprising that some of the most sincere and touching wedding photos are captured at smaller celebrations.

The WPJA has an abundance of top-ranked, Kansas City documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings can’t wait. Find yours today!
Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards
National Cathedral Wedding Ceremony Image | the bride and groom read their vows to one another in the Garden
Megan Rei
Elegant Elopement in BW: Intimate Images Captured at Domaine de Perches
Loic Bourniquel
The bride and groom shared a small, intimate wedding ceremony overlooking the sea from the cliffs, with a beautiful blue sky and bright sunshine
Joyce Perlman

Kansas City Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Kansas City 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.

Missouri WPJA members are ready to document any town hall, self solemnization, courthouse, or any other type of 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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1 Kansas City Wedding Photographers...

Deanna Johnson wedding photography

Deanna Johnson, a documentary wedding photographer, channels her background in fine arts to capture the raw energy and passion of artists in intimate concert settings.

Deanna Johnson

Kansas City in Missouri, US
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6000 (USD)

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Kansas City Couples

Kansas City Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

Wedding reception in Kansas City, the bride and groom share their first dance as the sun sets, creating a romantic ambiance. Their elegant movements are captured in a stunning reflection.
Photographer captures couple exchanging loving glances during their ceremony at the Historic Rumley Tractor in Kansas City, with a sweet birthday surprise for their special day.
At a Hotel KC in Kansas City, Missouri, a bride and her father dance to the sounds of a live band, the vibrant purple lights illuminating the right half of the frame.
At a wedding reception in a Kansas City mansion, the father stands behind the couple during toasts. The photo captures the moment, with the couple's heads in the foreground.
In this high shot captured at a hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, the bride is getting ready for the wedding. The mother is seen fastening the buttons on the back of the bride's dress, creating a heartwarming scene of love and support.
At the couple's home in Kansas City, Missouri, they sit on a bench outdoors on the patio, captured through the window with their dog looking on lovingly.
In the glowing Kansas City sunset, a silhouette of a couple in love strolls hand in hand, the vibrant sky creating a stunning backdrop before their upcoming marriage.
Bride and groom burst into laughter at their Kansas City, Missouri wedding reception during speeches, capturing a joyful moment
An engaged couple in Kansas City, Missouri, took time to relax in the sunshine at a city park, posing for their engagement portrait session in a kids play net.
An engaged couple in Kansas City, Missouri, enjoyed a relaxing afternoon in a city park, posing for their engagement portrait session amidst nature's beauty, in black and white silhouettes and leaves enveloping them.
A beautiful engagement photography session in Kansas City, featuring a couple standing in a parking garage, captured in a stunning silhouette with blue tones
A creative photograph of a couple standing in Kansas City in front of a large, silhouetted tree against a blue sky

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How can couples find reviews of Kansas City 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 Kansas City wedding photographers for their own wedding.
Q: Who are the best Kansas City wedding photographers for small elopements?
A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top Kansas City 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 top-ranked Kansas City wedding photographers?
A: The WPJA created the original wedding photographer ranking systems. Our innovative system is based on contest winning points, meaning that the Kansas City 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.
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
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
Clean background in this photo of the bride walking into her mountain ceremony.
Adventure Wedding Elopements
Some couples, as they begin planning for their weddings, might think that they are limited to the classic locations: churches, gardens, beaches, or even Las Vegas. But in doing so they’re missing out on a multitude of unique options that might suit their personalities much...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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