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Puntarenas Wedding Photographers

Our Puntarenas photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in:

Puntarenas Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

Intimate Wedding Photography in Puntarenas - Capturing the Joy of Small Celebrations - Discover the best Puntarenas 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 Puntarenas 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, Puntarenas 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 exchanged rings and clasped hands against a rustic outdoor mountain backdrop filled with vibrant fall foliage colors
Lucy Schultz
Afternoon sunlight glinted off the happy bride and groom as they celebrated their love under a bright sky
Nilufer Nalbantoglu
They said their vows surrounded by the peaceful ocean, exchanging their first kiss as husband and wife. A beautiful small wedding with the blue sky, ocean breeze and sound of the waves
Juan Carlos Calderon

Puntarenas Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Puntarenas 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.

Costa Rica WPJA members are ready to document any mini, secret, justice of the peace, 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.

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1 Puntarenas Wedding Photographers...

BW wedding photography by Mauricio Urena

Mauricio Urena is a Central America-based wedding photographer with over 200 weddings under his belt. He invests in his education and tools to be the best professional possible. With a background in business and finance, Mauricio is also a detail-oriented person.

Mauricio Urena

San José in San Jose, CR *Now booking Puntarenas weddings.
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Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Puntarenas Couples

Puntarenas Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

At Costa Verde Hotel in Puntarenas, a wedding couple exits the ceremony as guests cheer, captured from a low camera angle with symmetrical framing.
A beautiful moment captured at Zephyr Palace at Villa Caletas Hotel in Jaco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. The bride shares a joyful toast with her bridesmaids on the big day.
The bride and groom are captured in a nighttime portrait at the Zephyr Palace at Villa Caletas Hotel in Jaco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. They sit on the stairs outside their reception ballroom, surrounded by candles that create a romantic atmosphere.
A silhouette of the bride and groom warmly embraced, the architecture of Zephyr Palace in the background, their picturesque wedding venue in Jaco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
The bride's delicate hand and her stunning dress rest patiently as she receives the final touches to her makeup at the enchanting Zephyr Palace in Villa Caletas, Jaco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
A close-up shot of the bride's elegant wedding shoes at Zephyr Palace, Villa Caletas Hotel, in Jaco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
The Zephyr Palace at Villa Caletas Hotel in Jaco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica provided a beautiful location for a silhouette of the ceremony scene with an a stunning sunset and ocean view as a backdrop
The groom's emotional hug of the bride's father was a touching moment captured in a wedding photo at Los Sueños Marriott Ocean Resort
Perched high above a spectacular oceanfront villa in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, a drone captures a breathtaking view of a destination wedding ceremony set up in front of an endless pool
From the Zephyr Palace at Villa Caletas Hotel, Jaco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, a detail makeup shot of the bride during her getting ready
At Zephyr Palace at Villa Caletas Hotel in Jaco, Costa Rica, the father of the bride officiates the ceremony and elicits laughter from the couple during the exchange of rings
Best wedding venue photography at Zephyr Palace at Villa Caletas Hotel in Jaco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica showing Bride and groom seeing each other during their sunset portrait session

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Who are the best Puntarenas wedding photographers for small elopements?
A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top Puntarenas 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: Where can I find a photographer for a short-notice, small Puntarenas 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 Puntarenas wedding day by.
Q: How can couples find Puntarenas photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?
A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for Puntarenas 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.
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
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
jperlman elk cove inn ceremony
Top 4 Types of Small Weddings to Make Your Day Truly Yours
Everyone always says that your wedding day is all about you. But let’s face it; that’s not always actually the case. Many couples stress over guest lists, planning, expenses, and all the frills and traditions of your standard large wedding that they may or may not even be...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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