Canterbury Wedding Photographers

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Canterbury Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

YOU CAN'T STOP LOVE - In recent days, some of our Canterbury wedding photographer vendors have expressed their desire to accommodate couples who don’t want to wait to be married and are rushing the ceremony.

Many couples have recently discovered that less is more when it comes to wedding planning in Canterbury, and those small weddings allow them to truly enjoy every aspect of their day. While they may be planning a sweet and simple Canterbury elopement, couples still want to have their wedding day documented.

The WPJA has an abundance of top-ranked, Canterbury documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings and elopements can’t wait. Find yours today!

Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards

Brighton Seafront, UK Elopement Portrait of the Couple | the bride and groom as they walked toward the beach in the late afternoon winter sun,

Jenny Rutterford

Country Manor Bride and Groom Image with Scottich Bag Pipe | The cool winter sun shines down upon the couple

Dominic Whiten

Key West Wedding Photography at Old Town | The vows, which were loaded with love and a dash of humor

Julie Ambos

Canterbury Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Canterbury 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.

New Zealand WPJA members are ready to document any secret, quick, mini, 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 Canterbury Wedding Venues

1 Canterbury Wedding Photographers...

Liz Robson

Christchurch in Canterbury, NZ

1990 (NZD)

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Canterbury Couples

Canterbury Wedding Elopement Photography - WedElope

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

Canterbury Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

Couple under a bridge in Canterbury. The girl laughing and the guy in the background during their prewed portrait.

Winters Barns, Canterbury, Kent, UK wedding venue photography | The brides mother and family onlook as the couple have their first dance

Wedding Reportage Image from Winters Barns, Canterbury, Kent, UK - The bride is escorted by her bridesmaids as they she makes her way to be married and dodges the rain

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top Canterbury 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: How can couples find Canterbury photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?

A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for Canterbury 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

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...Read more

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

Smaller Weddings in a Time of Social Distancing

It’s no secret that these are strange times we’re going through right now, and there are many couples out there with weddings set in the near future who are left feeling uncertain and concerned about their futures. While that’s understandable, it’s also important to...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.