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São Paulo Wedding Photographers

Find São Paulo photographers serving: Aricanduva/Vila Formosa, Mapa, Mooca, Butantã, Parelheiros, Campo Limpo, Penha, Limeira, Capela do Socorro, Perus, Casa Verde/Cachoeirinh, Pinheiros, Cidade Ademar, Pirituba/Jaraguá, Cidade Tiradentes, Sé, Ermelino Matarazzo, Santana/Tucuruvi, Freguesia do Ó/Brasilândia, Jaçanã/Tremembé, Guaianases, Santo Amaro, Ipiranga, São Mateus, Itaim Paulista, São Miguel Paulista ,Itaquera, Sapopemba, Jabaquara, Vila Maria/Vila Guilherme, Lapa, Vila Mariana, M'Boi Mirim, Vila Prudente, Fartura, and most of Brazil

São Paulo 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 São Paulo 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, São Paulo documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings and elopements can’t wait. Find yours today!
Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards
The bride and groom, with their dog leading the way, joyfully elope at City Hall
Alessandro Arena
A small beach wedding with the bride walking barefoot in the ocean tides, making memories in a romantic portrait session
Federico Pannacci
The couple followed tradition and kept each other apart until the ceremony, standing in the doorways of two rooms next to each other for their small wedding
Nino Lombardo

São Paulo Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small São Paulo 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.

Brazil WPJA members are ready to document any pop-up, secret, civil ceremony, 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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Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving São Paulo Couples

São Paulo Wedding Elopement Photography - WedElope

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

São Paulo Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

Holambra- SP couple portrait session before the wedding in Holambra
A Campos do Jordão city night portrait with a SP couple under the trees filled with lights
A Brazil-based wedding photographer created this artistic portrait of an SP couple posing in a park setting by trees on the grass
A wedding photographer from SP captured this couple posing under a red arbor in a park near Campos do Jordão
A beautiful bride beamed with joy as her bridal portrait was taken at a Brazilian wedding
At a Sao Paulo Sul wedding, a photo capturing the moment four men cheered with shots was recently taken against a dark background
A Sao Paulo Red Rock couple portrait in the rocky cliffs of the dry mountains
From the Nossa Senhora do Brasil, São Paulo – Brazil, a ceremony wedding detail shot of the couple holding hands

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Who are the best São Paulo wedding photographers for small elopements?
A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top São Paulo 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: Can a wedding photojournalist create artistic portraits on my São Paulo 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 São Paulo wedding photographers who have earned Artistic Guild awards for portrait and detail images.
Q: How can couples find São Paulo photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?
A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for São Paulo 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
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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...Read more
Essential Elopement Vendor - The Photographer
So your wedding is just around the corner and you’ve decided to elope , either because you want to do this on a budget , avoid a large wedding party, or simply to enjoy the day together with minimal distractions and as little stress as possible . They say 'all you...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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