Durham Wedding Photographers

Our Durham photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in: Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Cary, Apex, Raleigh, Wake Forest, Holly Springs, Garner, Graham, Fuquay-Varina

Durham Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

Intimate Wedding Photography in Durham - Capturing the Joy of Small Celebrations - Discover the best Durham 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 Durham 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, Durham documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings and elopements can’t wait. Find yours today!

Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards

The bride and groom celebrated their small wedding with public park portraits surrounded by warm toned fall colors and smiles

Massimiliano Beccati

The couple turning to one another and exchanging heartfelt vows, surrounded by close family and friends in a small, intimate setting

Kobe Vanderzande

Winter frozen wind swept Lake sunset portraits after elopement ceremony

Brittany Bugaj

Durham Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Durham 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.

North Carolina WPJA members are ready to document any quick, small, 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 Durham Wedding Venues

1 Durham Wedding Photographers...

Brian Mullins is a North Carolina wedding photographer based in Raleigh. With a background in photography, cinematography, and concert lighting, Brian's unique visual arts experience has shaped his photography style and vision. He creates beautiful imagery that...

Brian Mullins

Apex in North Carolina, US *Now booking Durham weddings.

3499 (USD)

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Durham Couples

Durham Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

The couple danced on a painted red arch bridge in Duke Gardens, with the groom singing to his bride in a portrait of them as they are, as it is a place they visit often

Durham, Connecticut wedding image of A bride and groom getting playful and pretending to do karaoke on their dance floor

Searches Related to Durham Wedding Photography Vendors

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How can couples find Durham photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?

A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for Durham 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.

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

Q: Who are the best Durham wedding photographers for small elopements?

A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top Durham 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

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

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 need is...Read more

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

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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