Are you planning a short-notice, small wedding or elopement?

WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIOS ARE OPEN - Many couples don’t want to wait. They are planning to get married in the very near future, eloping, or rushing a small ceremony with their photographer, some close friends, and family but dispensing with or postponing the reception party. 

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Northern Ireland Wedding Photographers

Find Northern Ireland photographers serving: Belfast, Londonberry, Lisburn, Newtonabbey, Bangor, Craigavon, Castlereagh

Northern Ireland Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

YOU CAN'T STOP LOVE - In recent days, some of our Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland, and those small weddings allow them to truly enjoy every aspect of their day. These intimate events allow brides and grooms to be fully present, as they are less worried and intimidated about the sheer size and scope of the day. While they may be planning a sweet and simple Northern Ireland elopement, couples still want to have their wedding day documented. It's important to work with a WPJA Northern Ireland photographer who specializes in elopements and who understands the unique dynamic of this type of event. The right photographer will capture the events of the day, the atmosphere of the event and the most important details.

The WPJA has an abundance of top-ranked, Northern Ireland documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings and elopements can’t wait. Find yours today!
Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards
Northern California Elopement Photographers | the bride and groom dressed in traditional clothing seated outdoors
Tyler Vu
Wedding Venue Image from Wit's End of Georgia | reactions to a toast from a friend
Cindy Brown
A Childhood Home, Backyard Wedding Ceremony | The couple is sitting on the steps of the brides parents house
Sarah Sta Ana

Elopement Photographers for Small Northern Ireland Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Northern Ireland 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.

United Kingdom WPJA members are ready to document any fast, small, themed, 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.

We are anxious to create a picture story chronicling your non-traditional, unique, casual, small wedding from beginning to end. In this sense, it is no different from any other event that we have covered. The emphasis is on documenting key moments, capturing spontaneous displays of emotion, telling your real love story, as well as creating artistic portraits and details.

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Northern Ireland Couples

2 Northern Ireland Wedding Photographers...

Wedding and elopement photography by Jonathan Ryder

Jonathan Ryder

Belfast in County Antrim, GB *Now booking Northern Ireland weddings.
19
2
1695 (GBP)
United Kingdom documentary wedding photography by Dominique Shaw of York Place Studios

Dominique Shaw

London in London, GB *Now booking Northern Ireland weddings.
11
3500 (GBP)

Northern Ireland Wedding Elopement Photography - WedElope

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

Northern Ireland Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

A spectacular Central Belfast wedding couple photograph from Northern Ireland in front of a piece of popular street art painted on the building wall
A Northern Ireland stylish wedding day detail picture of the brides bouquet from the Edenmore Golf Club
A top Northern Ireland wedding photographer captured this picture at Hare Krishna Island showing The bride and groom gently holding one anothers heads, symbolically, towards the end of the ceremony
St Patrick & St Bridgid Rc Church, Glenarrif, Northern Ireland fine art urban wedding couple picture on the sea-front promenade near their ceremony venue
Larne, Northern Ireland wedding image of the bride having some final touches applied to her make-up, as her mother continues to button the back of her dress, in the moments before they leave for the ceremony
One of the couple's flower girls smiles has she has her hair done, as her little sister sits on her mother's knee, with the bride in the background in Larne, Northern Ireland
the groom and his groomsmen run into the sea for a morning swim before the day gets underway in Ballygalley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Wedding Photography at The Merchant Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland. | The bride and groom pictured emerging from an industrial-looking area in the city centre.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Who are the best Northern Ireland wedding photographers for small elopements?
A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top Northern Ireland 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: Where can I find a photographer for a short-notice, small Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland wedding day by.
Q: How can couples find Northern Ireland photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?
A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for Northern Ireland 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
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
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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