WPJA.com HomeWedding Photojournalist Association

Ottawa Wedding Photographers

Find a Photographer / Canada / Ontario / Ottawa

Ottawa Wedding Photographers

Our Ottawa photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in: Gloucester, Kanata, Nepean, Cumberland, Goulbourn, Osgoode Township, Rideau, West Carleton

Ottawa Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

Intimate Wedding Photography in Ottawa - Capturing the Joy of Small Celebrations - Discover the best Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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, Ottawa 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 couple were surrounded by the beauty of nature as they exchanged vows in a small outdoor ceremony in a lush, green forest; the couple was then pronounced husband and wife
Justin Edmonds
The bride and her father enter the ceremony, as light glowed on the bride to signify the start of her small yet beautiful wedding
David Pullum
At the Lake Wedding Couple Portrait Photography | The bride laughs at the groom making a joke by the lake
Nicky Byrnes

Ottawa Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Ottawa 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.

Ontario WPJA members are ready to document any secret, town hall, 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.

View Award-Winning Pictures from Ottawa Wedding Venues

WPJA Venue Images
WPJA Venue Images
WPJA Venue Images

3 Ottawa Wedding Photographers...

Ottawa wedding photography by Kathi Robertson

Ottawa's own Kathi Robertson specializes in wedding photography, using a documentary approach to tell the couple's story through visually stunning images. With her unobtrusive style, Kathi captures moments of the big day, ensuring that the memories are preserved...

Kathi Robertson

Ottawa in Ontario, CA
20
1
2500 (CAD)
Canada Wedding Reportage Photography by Colleen Johnson

Colleen Anne Johnson is an Ottawa-based wedding photographer who specializes in capturing the emotions and moments shared between couples and their loved ones. With a focus on reportage style photography, Colleen's photos beautifully capture the wedding day,...

Colleen Johnson

Ottawa in Ontario, CA
1
2190 (CAD)
Canada engagement, wedding and elopement photographer Viara Mileva - Quirky Love Photography

Viara Mileva is a documentary-style wedding photographer based in Canada. With a strong academic foundation and skills in drawing, fiction writing, and music production, she finds joy in capturing genuine moments of emotion and interaction between couples and their families.

Viara Mileva

Bath in Ontario, CA *Now booking Ottawa weddings.
32
8
21
500/hour (CAD)

1 more photographers available for your wedding...

2300 Canadian Dollar

Ottawa, Ontario Wedding Photographer: W. Mike Lucy

Ottawa in Ontario, Canada

Passionate and personable photographer captures stunning moments

Mike has been working as a documentary photographer since his university days as the University Press Photo Editor, He has had a Leica in his hand since he first discovered...

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Ottawa Couples

Ottawa Wedding Elopement Photography - WedElope

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

Ottawa Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

In this heartfelt image captured by an Ottawa wedding photographer, the scene takes place at a church in Ottawa, Ontario. The bride is seen wiping a tear under her veil, while her bridesmaids stand in a line behind her.
On a beautiful wedding day, the bride and ladies getting ready at Orchard View Wedding Venue in Ottawa, ON created a beautiful black and white scene with all the babies in tow
Ottawa, Ontario Artful Engagement Picture of a couple Posing under the parking garage lights for a slightly different engagement photograph
Aboretum, Ottawa Ontario Engage session including fur babies - Dog Portraits
Museum of Nature, Ottawa Canada wedding venue photo of guests Dancing
Photography from outside Strathmere Lodge reception venue, Ottawa - Photo of the bride's hair into her toddler's face
Black and white photo of a bridesmaid helping the bride with her dress as she pets a dog at the Ottawa Hunt Club by a Canada wedding photographer.
Strathmere Ottawa Canada Photo of the Bride Getting Ready with Bridesmaid and Flower Girl
Black and White photograph of the bride with her bridesmaids and flower girls walking to the ceremoy site at Strathmere Ottawa Canada
nfinity Conference Centre Ottawa Canada Bride Getting Ready
Ottawa Wedding Photographer | Image contains: cake cutting expressions bride groom cupcakes purple reception
Ottawa wedding photography - Ontario photo of the bride and grooms reflection as they embraced in front of a window at sunset

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How can couples find reviews of Ottawa 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 Ottawa wedding photographers for their own wedding.
Q: How can couples find top-ranked Ottawa wedding photographers?
A: The WPJA created the original wedding photographer ranking systems. Our innovative system is based on contest winning points, meaning that the Ottawa 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: How can couples find Ottawa photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?
A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for Ottawa 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
Small Weddings - How to Budget and Save
Traditionally speaking, often times it is the couple’s families who help pay for their wedding. However, unfortunately that’s just not possible for everyone, especially these days when the cost of weddings can quickly and easily get out of control. Some couples find...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.