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Cape Town Wedding Photographers

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Cape Town Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

NO STOPPING LOVE - In recent months, many of our wedding photographers have communicated their desire to accommodate couples who don’t want to wait to be married and are quickly moving forward with smaller ceremonies.

By planning a simple Cape Town 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, Cape Town documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings and elopements can’t wait. Find yours today!
Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards
A yurt ranch portrait of the bride and groom in fall colors
Alex Maldonado
The frozen lake, high in the mountains, National Park, was like something from a dream, its surface a blanket of fog, shimmering in the soft light
Lucy Schultz
The couple chose an elopement, standing on the dock with a warm embrace as the clouds enveloped them, surrounded by the blue water and blue sky.
Vasilis Maneas

Cape Town Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Cape Town 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.

Western Cape WPJA members are ready to document any city hall, courthouse, pop-up, 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 reportage photography by Simone Janssen

Simone Janssen

Den Haag in Zuid Holland, NL *Now booking Cape Town weddings.
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1550 (EUR)

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Cape Town Couples

Cape Town Wedding Elopement Photography - WedElope

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

Cape Town Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

A Save the Date in Cape Town. South Africa portrait of the couple sitting and kissing on the streets as construction workers walk past them
A sunny Cape Town Engagement Session for two lovers laughing and kissing by the water
Cape Town pre-wed portraits for a fun couple hanging out at the aquarium glass fish tank
Cape Town Fine Art Engagement Image for a couple high above the sea on the rocks and cliffs
Durbanville Fine Art Engagement Session with some Gorgeous golden hour light for this Engagement Portrait
Durbanville Fine Art Engagement Session with some Gorgeous golden hour light for this Engagement Portrait
Majic Forest, Cape Town Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait created as The happy couple shares a laugh in the beautiful green forest
Table Mountain, Cape Town Artful Engagement session for A fun, colourful image of an engaged couple with Table Mountain as the background

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How can couples find Cape Town photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?
A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for Cape Town 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 Cape Town 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 Cape Town wedding photographers for their own wedding.
Q: Where can I find a photographer for a short-notice, small Cape Town 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 Cape Town wedding day by.
WPJA Communiqué: Featured Wedding Photography Articles
Vows, Crowds, and Nerves: Avoid Stress with a Small Wedding
While some of us were fortunate enough to be born as extroverts, not everyone feels the same way. For a good chunk of the population, any number of the typical wedding day traditions can inspire anxiety and existential dread. This day is all about you, yes, but does that...Read more
Clean background in this photo of the bride walking into her mountain ceremony.
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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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