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Western Cape Wedding Photographers

Our Western Cape photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in: Cape Town

Western Cape Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

Intimate Wedding Photography in Western Cape - Capturing the Joy of Small Celebrations - Discover the best Western Cape 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 modern, outdoor, casual, or at-home wedding.

By planning a simple Western Cape 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, Western Cape documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings can’t wait. Find yours today!
Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards
Ruins Wedding Venue Ceremony Photography | The bride has some tears during service
Mauricio Urena
The bride and groom bowed their heads in prayer during their outdoor religious elopement ceremony.
Kevin Wright
The couple chose an elopement, standing on the dock with a warm embrace as the clouds enveloped them, surrounded by the blue water and blue sky.
Vasilis Maneas

Western Cape Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Western Cape 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.

South Africa WPJA members are ready to document any justice of the peace, quick, town hall, 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.

View Award-Winning Pictures from Western Cape Wedding Venues

1 Western Cape Wedding Photographers...

Brazil wedding photography and couple engagement portraits by Eric Corbacho

Wedding photographer Eric Corbacho fuses emotions and high-volume photography to tell stories. With drawings and images influenced by Geraldo de Barros and Bruce Gilden, Eric captures moments from around the world from his base in Brazil.

Eric Corbacho

São Caetano do Sul in São Paulo, BR *Now booking Western Cape weddings.
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1 more photographers available for your wedding...

1500 US Dollar

Johannesburg Wedding Photo & Film: Adam Hilton

Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa

Timeless Imagery: Johannesburg Photographer Captures Authentic Love & Emotion

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Western Cape Couples

Western Cape Wedding Elopement Photography - WedElope

View WedElope Image Galleries by Western Cape Wedding Photographers from Small Events and Intimate Elopements.

Western Cape Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

At a Cape Town couple portrait session, the pair were expertly captured with half of the frame in shadows and the other half bathed in sunlight, creating a striking and minimalistic image that perfectly showcased their love.
Stellenbosch Forest Fine Art Engagement silhouette image taken in the forest makes for a moody engagement photo
Western Cape outdoor wedding Ceremony image showing The bride and her father 'walking down the isle' while a sun streak perfectly highlight the bride
Twelve Apostles Hotel, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa wedding image of The bride smiling through her tears as she says her vows during the outdoor wedding ceremony
wedding image of The daughter of the couple embracing them after they finally got married at Twelve Apostles Hotel, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
The Twelve Apostles Hotel, Cape Town, Western Cape intimate moment between the groom and his grandmother during their wedding day preparations
Western Cape wedding photographer: "This was taken at Gold Reef City theme park in Johannesburg, South Africa. The park was almost closed and we sneaked in a last photo with an empty merry-go-round and the late afternoon sun."

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Where can I find a photographer for a short-notice, small Western Cape 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 Western Cape wedding day by.
Q: How can couples find reviews of Western Cape 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 Western Cape wedding photographers for their own wedding.
Q: Who are the best Western Cape wedding photographers for small elopements?
A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top Western Cape 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
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
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
Vows, Crowds, and Nerves: Avoid Stress with a Small Wedding
While some of us were fortunate enough to be born as extroverts, not everyone feels the same way. For a good chunk of the population, any number of the typical wedding day traditions can inspire anxiety and existential dread. This day is all about you, yes, but does that...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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