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Belfast Wedding Photographers

Our Belfast photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in: Holywood, Lisburn, Newtownards, Bangor, Carrickfergus, Antrim, Larne, Lurgan, Ballymena, Portadown, Newcastle, Waterfoot, Newry, Armagh, Portpatrick

Belfast Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

Intimate Wedding Photography in Belfast - Capturing the Joy of Small Celebrations - Discover the best Belfast 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 Belfast 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, Belfast documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings and elopements can’t wait. Find yours today!
Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards
Intimate Indoor Wedding Venue Image of Guests spaced six feet apart at the ceremony
Kate Hagerty
Wedding Venue Photography With sparkling fairy lights serving as a frame for the moment, the bride and groom share a passionate kiss
Jorge Alcala Goded
Joure, Netherlands Elopement Photographer | the couple sits between an iPad and their phone so that their guests could watch and listen via Zoom
Karen Velleman

Belfast Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Belfast 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.

County Antrim WPJA members are ready to document any justice of the peace, DIY - do it yourself, town hall, 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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Wedding and elopement photography by Jonathan Ryder

Jonathan Ryder is a traveling full-time wedding photographer with 8 years of experience. He and his wife Róisín live in Belfast with two little kids, enjoying outdoor adventures and lots of coffee on weekends together.

Jonathan Ryder

Belfast in County Antrim, GB
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1695 (GBP)

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Belfast Couples

Belfast Wedding Elopement Photography - WedElope

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

Belfast Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

After exchanging their vows at St Mary's on the Hill chapel in Belfast, the bride and groom were showered in confetti as they made their way out of the ceremony
The bride's dress is illuminated by a stained glass window as it hangs at the top of a stairwell in Belfast, Northern Ireland
The couple stand together against a piece of street art, the colours echoing the dress Amy chose to get married in at Belfast City Centre, Northern Ireland
The bride's son squeezes and kisses her after her wedding ceremony at Saint Bernadette's Church, Belfast, Northern Ireland
The newlyweds interlock arms as they drink their champagne after their ceremony, mirrored by their witnesses (also husband and wife), who are doing the same thing at The Merchant Hotel in Belfast
Wedding photography from the Shandon Hotel, Donegal, Ireland. - Looking a little anxiously towards the gathering clouds that would shortly bring heavy rain for their outdoor ceremony
Wedding Photography at The Merchant Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland. | The bride and groom pictured emerging from an industrial-looking area in the city centre.
AM PM Belfast Photography - Bride prep taking place in an Air BnB in Belfast

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Where can I find a photographer for a short-notice, small Belfast 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 Belfast wedding day by.
Q: How can couples find Belfast photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?
A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for Belfast 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 Belfast 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 Belfast wedding photographers for their own wedding.
WPJA Communiqué: Featured Wedding Photography Articles
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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
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
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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