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Dordogne Wedding Photographers

Find Dordogne photographers serving: Périgueux, Bergerac, Sarlat La Caneda

Dordogne Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

YOU CAN'T STOP LOVE - In recent days, some of our Dordogne 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 Dordogne, and those small weddings allow them to truly enjoy every aspect of their day. While they may be planning a sweet and simple Dordogne elopement, couples still want to have their wedding day documented.

The WPJA has an abundance of top-ranked, Dordogne documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings and elopements can’t wait. Find yours today!
Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards
Lake Garda Photographer - Italian Lakes Wedding | The bride and groom pose for a portrait on the Punta San Vigilio peninsula
Valeria Berti
Luxury Wedding Photos from a Scottsdale Venue | private balcony ceremony at the Phoenician Resort in Arizona
Laura Segall
San Francisco Civil Marriage Elopement Picture Story Award | This couple enjoyed a romantic and sweet wedding at the San Francisco City Hall
Chris Shum

Dordogne Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Dordogne 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.

Nouvelle-Aquitaine WPJA members are ready to document any mini, fast, courthouse, 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 Dordogne Wedding Venues

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1 Dordogne Wedding Photographers...

Rik Pennington

in London, GB *Now booking Dordogne weddings.
2000 (GBP)

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Dordogne Couples

Dordogne Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

Best [current-date:custom:Y] wedding image for the Lanouaille, France wedding planner showing The couple posing near tall trees with a dark sky
Documentary wedding photographer at Domaine de la Fage event venue in Dordogne captured The game for the bride and groom
Best Dordogne documentary wedding picture showing the exit of the bride and groom from the church
View this pivotal moment wedding picture at the church as the groom discovers his future wife in wedding attire first look
A sophisticated France wedding portrait of the Dordogne couple at Domaine de Beaufort with bursting sun rays from a low sun
A stylish Dordogne wedding portrait of the France bride and groom at Domaine de Beaufort shot from a low angle against a white background as they are holding hands
domicile des mariés fine art wedding detail pic taken of the groom and his witnesses on motorcycles before leaving for town hall
Wedding Reception and ceremony venue photos from "La Menuse" in Dordogne - Bride bouquet on floral wall

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How can couples find Dordogne photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?
A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for Dordogne 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: Can a wedding photojournalist create artistic portraits on my Dordogne 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 Dordogne wedding photographers who have earned Artistic Guild awards for portrait and detail images.
Q: Who are the best Dordogne wedding photographers for small elopements?
A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top Dordogne 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.
WPJA Communiqué: Featured Wedding Photography Articles
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
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
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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