West Flanders Wedding Photographers

Our West Flanders photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in: Bruges, Diksmuide, Kortrijk, Ostend, Roeselare, Tielt, Veurne, Ypres

West Flanders Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

Intimate Wedding Photography in West Flanders - Capturing the Joy of Small Celebrations - Discover the best West Flanders photographers specializing in intimate marriages. Couples are embracing the trend of smaller, more meaningful celebrations. Let our talented photographers capture the joy and intimacy of your wedding day.

By planning a simple West Flanders 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, West Flanders 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 but joyous wedding ceremony saw the newlyweds exiting the Abbey, to be showered with handfuls of rice by their delighted guests, with the groom trying to hide his face

Alessia Bruchi

A small, intimate wedding was held outdoors, with a civil ceremony presided over by a reverend on the lawn under the shining sun

Kent Meireis

Civil Town Hall Wedding Photography of Spaced out chairs and minimal guests

John Sanders

West Flanders Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small West Flanders 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.

Flanders WPJA members are ready to document any quick, courthouse, 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 West Flanders Wedding Venues

1 West Flanders Wedding Photographers...

Based in Flanders, Sven Soetens is a professional wedding photographer who focuses on capturing genuine emotions by minimizing intervention, allowing the authentic moments of the wedding day to naturally unfold.

Sven Soetens

Stekene, BE *Now booking West Flanders weddings.

1850 (EUR)

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving West Flanders Couples

West Flanders Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

The groom is seen in the backseat of the car, directing the driver with a paper map while the bride sits beside him in this auto wedding image, created near Domaine des sources

Brugge wedding reportage photojournalist created this image of an older woman with a bright blue tongue

West Flanders Wedding Photographer: "The bride and groom walked through the door and they gave the first look to the family. Just love the reactions and happiness on the faces of their family."

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How can couples find top-ranked West Flanders wedding photographers?

A: The WPJA created the original wedding photographer ranking systems. Our innovative system is based on contest winning points, meaning that the West Flanders 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: Where can I find a photographer for a short-notice, small West Flanders wedding?

A: There are many WPJA photographers who are able to help you out at a moment's notice. We understand that sometimes love happens and there's simply no time to lose. We can ensure that you can get married as quickly as possible — and have incredible photographs to remember your West Flanders wedding day by.

Q: How can couples find reviews of West Flanders 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 West Flanders wedding photographers for their own wedding.

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

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

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 to a...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

WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.