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Cartago Wedding Photographers

Our Cartago photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in: Paraiso, Tres Rios, San Diego, Curridabat, Ipis, Purral, Sabanilla, San Pedro, Pacayas, San Miguel, Desamparados, San Rafael, San Vicente, San Rafael Arriba, Calle Blancos

Cartago Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

Intimate Wedding Photography in Cartago - Capturing the Joy of Small Celebrations - Discover the best Cartago photographers specializing in intimate marriages. Couples are embracing the trend of smaller, more meaningful celebrations. Let our talented photographers capture the happiness and closeness of your non-traditional, intimate, boutique, or at-home wedding.

By planning a simple Cartago elopement, couples are able to stay present in the moment and fully absorb the impact of their wedding day. With many couples feeling more comfortable and relaxed in intimate settings, it is not surprising that some of the most sincere and touching wedding photos are captured at smaller celebrations.

The WPJA has an abundance of top-ranked, Cartago documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings can’t wait. Find yours today!
Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards
The newlyweds decided to have a small backyard wedding, with the kissing couple surrounded by their closest friends who had come for a house warming party, transforming it into a wedding celebration
Corey Butler
The couple was overjoyed to have finally made their commitment to each other legally binding, and celebrated with an intimate cafe reception. As they made their entrance, the couple beamed with happiness and pride.
Cindy Brown
The bride and groom prayed together during their small church wedding ceremony, captured in a beautiful black and white photo by their elopement photographer
Bryan Aleman

Cartago Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Cartago 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 justice of the peace, civil ceremony, city hall, or any other type of 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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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 Cartago weddings.
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Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Cartago Couples

Cartago Wedding Elopement Photography - WedElope

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

Cartago Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

This award-winning image showcases the bride and groom in a stylish and contemporary manner. The drone shot reveals their love, framed by the empty chairs of the ceremony area at the beautiful Hacienda Sitio de Mata, Pavones-Turrialba, Cartago, Costa Rica
Montaña Amarilla, Prusia, Cartago, Costa Rica pre-wedding engagement session capturing the couple facing each other in front of a stunning landscape
Hacienda La Central, Cartago, CR environmental engagement e-session of a couple standing in front of a burned forest in the skirt of the Turrialba Volcano
Cartago, Costa Rica Engagement Shoot - Photographer Found some foggy woods to cuddle
A groom kisses his bride underwater in this black and white image created by a Cartago, Costa Rica documentary wedding photographer.
A woman dances with the mariachi band as she holds a glass of champagne in this photo by a Cartago, Costa Rica wedding photographer.
A little boy sleeps on a chair surrounded by flowers as the bridesmaids stand behind him in this award-winning image captured by a Cartago, Costa Rica wedding photographer.
Cartago detail photo of the brides legs as she steps into her dress was captured by a Cartago wedding photographer
Cartago wedding photographer captured this underwater portrait of the bride and groom as they swim in streaks of sunlight
The site is prepared for a wedding on the beach. Image by a Cartago, Costa Rica wedding photographer.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How can couples find top-ranked Cartago wedding photographers?
A: The WPJA created the original wedding photographer ranking systems. Our innovative system is based on contest winning points, meaning that the Cartago 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: Can a wedding photojournalist create artistic portraits on my Cartago wedding day?
A: While wedding photojournalists strive to capture candid moments on the wedding day, our photographers also are skilled artists who can compose powerful portraits. If you have a specific vision of what types of images you want from your wedding day, look at the top-ranked Cartago wedding photographers who have earned Artistic Guild awards for portrait and detail images.
Q: How can couples find reviews of Cartago 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 Cartago 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
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
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

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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