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Sanming Wedding Photographers

Our Sanming photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in:

Sanming Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

Intimate Wedding Photography in Sanming - Capturing the Joy of Small Celebrations - Discover the best Sanming 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 romantic, non-traditional, unique, or at-home wedding.

By planning a simple Sanming 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, Sanming documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings can’t wait. Find yours today!
Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards
The bride and groom bowed their heads in prayer as the officiant presented them with the rings, in an outdoor ceremony to celebrate their small wedding
Michelle Arlotta
Dejan Žagar
The couple had a small, backyard wedding at their private home, with the ceremony on their own private dock by the water, video streaming live to family who could not attend
Viara Mileva

Sanming Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Sanming 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.

Fujian WPJA members are ready to document any civil ceremony, justice of the peace, self solemnization, 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.

View Award-Winning Pictures from Sanming Wedding Venues

1 Sanming Wedding Photographers...

Couple engagement portrait sessions + wedding and elopement photography by Xiang Qi of Jian Impression

Xiang Qi is a wedding photographer from Fujian, China, with ten years of experience and over 300 happy couples served. With a deep understanding and passion for his profession, he brings imagination, creativity, and a unique documentary shooting style to his work.

Xiang Qi

Nanping, CN *Now booking Sanming weddings.
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1000 (USD)

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Sanming Couples

Sanming Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

Sanming Fujian wedding day detail photography of the games
Sanming, Fujian park photo session with the couple | A Wedding Day Portrait
The room is full of people getting themselves ready for the ceremony in this award-winning image composed by a Sanming, China wedding photographer.
Sanming wedding photographer captured this photo of the groomsmen getting ready for the ceremony by passing some game tests
A bride holds a crying toddler in this photo captured by a Sanming wedding photographer
Buddhist monastic discipline at hotel room in Sanming
Reading love letters in Sanming hotel room on wedding day
Sanming wedding image of bride in mirror surrounded by makeup supplies
Sanming wedding detail image of the bride's shoes hanging from a lamp
Sanming wedding portrait of the bride and groom with rim light
Bride and her parents share a cheerful moment as she leaves in limousine on her wedding day
Door games in China for the groomsmen at the pre-wedding session at the brides home

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Can a wedding photojournalist create artistic portraits on my Sanming 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 Sanming wedding photographers who have earned Artistic Guild awards for portrait and detail images.
Q: How can couples find top-ranked Sanming wedding photographers?
A: The WPJA created the original wedding photographer ranking systems. Our innovative system is based on contest winning points, meaning that the Sanming 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: Who are the best Sanming wedding photographers for small elopements?
A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top Sanming 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
Small Weddings - How to Budget and Save
Traditionally speaking, often times it is the couple’s families who help pay for their wedding. However, unfortunately that’s just not possible for everyone, especially these days when the cost of weddings can quickly and easily get out of control. Some couples find...Read more
Jola Mulder, of Overijssel, is a wedding photographer for
Bringing it Home: The Joys of a Backyard Wedding
Oftentimes when people are considering a venue for their weddings, they search for a location away from home, whether that be ten minutes or ten hours, all just to find what they already have: a place that holds meaning for them, that feels comfortable, or that they find...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

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