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Toledo-Ohio Wedding Photographers

Our Toledo-Ohio photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in:

Toledo-Ohio Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

Intimate Wedding Photography in Toledo-Ohio - Capturing the Joy of Small Celebrations - Discover the best Toledo-Ohio 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 Toledo-Ohio 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, Toledo-Ohio documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings and elopements can’t wait. Find yours today!
Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards
University Wedding Photo from outdoor ceremony near historic chapel on campus
Wenjie Han
Lake Overlook Wedding Ceremony Image of a beautiful blue sky dominating the landscape
Lucy Schultz
Aerial view of the tower terrace on the castle where the bride and groom exchange vows. The drone captures the picturesque moment from a high angle perspective.
Simone Bacci

Toledo-Ohio Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Toledo-Ohio 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.

Ohio WPJA members are ready to document any city hall, justice of the peace, courthouse, 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 Toledo-Ohio Wedding Venues

2 Toledo-Ohio Wedding Photographers...

Engagement, Wedding and Elopement Photographer Dennis Crider

Dennis Crider is a visual storyteller with a documentary approach to wedding photography. His unobtrusive style ensures authentic and organic moments are captured, telling the unique story of your big day.

Dennis Crider

Loudonville in Ohio, US *Now booking Toledo-Ohio weddings.
48
6
3000 (USD)
Studio portrait of Columbus Ohio wedding photographer Monty Soungpradith

With a journalistic style, Monty Soungpradith captures honest, meaningful moments as an Ohio wedding photojournalist. He is an unobtrusive observer who passionately tells visual stories through his documentary approach.

Monty Soungpradith

Columbus in Ohio, US *Now booking Toledo-Ohio weddings.
5
4500 (USD)

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Toledo-Ohio Couples

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Can a wedding photojournalist create artistic portraits on my Toledo-Ohio 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 Toledo-Ohio wedding photographers who have earned Artistic Guild awards for portrait and detail images.
Q: How can couples find reviews of Toledo-Ohio 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 Toledo-Ohio wedding photographers for their own wedding.
Q: Who are the best Toledo-Ohio wedding photographers for small elopements?
A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top Toledo-Ohio 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
Jola Mulder, of Overijssel, is a wedding photographer for
Bringing it Home: The Joys of a Backyard Wedding
Oftentimes when people are considering a venue for their weddings, they search for a location away from home, whether that be ten minutes or ten hours, all just to find what they already have: a place that holds meaning for them, that feels comfortable, or that they find...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

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