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Shanghai Wedding Photographers

Our Shanghai photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in: Huangpu, Xuhui, Changning, Jing'an, Putuo, Hongkou, Yangpu, Pudong New Area, Minhang, Baoshan, Jiading, Jinshan, Songjiang, Qingpu, Fengxian, Chongming

Shanghai Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

LOVE WON'T WAIT! - Couples are quickly moving forward with smaller weddings. Our Shanghai photographers are ready to accommodate.

By planning a simple Shanghai 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, Shanghai documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings and elopements can’t wait. Find yours today!
Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards
Outdoor beach wedding photo as the bride basks in the sunlight
Carlo Bettuolo
The couple stood before their officiant at City Hall with their close family members and friends in attendance to witness their civil union
Tyler Vu
The bride and groom took a moment to relax before the start of the small wedding party; snuggling close in the cradle, they enjoyed the blissful newlywed moments together
Detelina Krasteva

Shanghai Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Shanghai 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.

China WPJA members are ready to document any town hall, civil ceremony, justice of the peace, 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 Shanghai Wedding Venues

2 Shanghai Wedding Photographers...

Studio portrait of Shanghai wedding photographer Seven Tao

Seven Tao

Shanghai, CN
1
2
1500 (USD)

Jianghui Feng

Beijing, CN *Now booking Shanghai weddings.
16
3
1900 (USD)

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Shanghai Couples

Shanghai Wedding Elopement Photography - WedElope

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

Shanghai Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

The engaged couple posed for a pre-wedding portrait at the Bund in Shanghai, China, with her looking forward and him looking at her, the strong wind blowing her hair
The engaged couple experienced romance in the springtime at MinHang Culture Park, Shanghai, China, when captured in a lifestyle pre wedding portrait with a low camera angle and big trees in the background
A very creative and artistic image of couple in a Shanghai forest with love under light and shadows
In Shanghai, China, the bride holds her veil in the wind, creating a beautiful black and white detail shot of her in her white dress
In Shanghai, China, the couple kissed behind the water curtain, in an obscure and diffused black and white image
Amidst the Shanghai wedding ceremony, the guests in their white dress shirts, ties, and vests applauded in celebration of the couple's love
The bride's beauty was immortalised in a stunning high contrast black and white mirror reflection photo, captured by a Shanghai wedding photographer as she was having her makeup done
Before a wedding in Shanghai China, the child goes to the wrong door
On a Shanghai China wedding stage, the guests play the Blindfold Watermelon Game
At a Shanghai China home, getting ready in a mirror is a funny Pirate Bride
In Shanghai China at home, the couple feeds parents sweet porridge
Shanghai outside wedding with bubbles against blue sky shows some Colorful love

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How can couples find Shanghai photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?
A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for Shanghai 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: How can couples find reviews of Shanghai 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 Shanghai wedding photographers for their own wedding.
Q: Can a wedding photojournalist create artistic portraits on my Shanghai 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 Shanghai wedding photographers who have earned Artistic Guild awards for portrait and detail images.
WPJA Communiqué: Featured Wedding Photography Articles
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
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
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

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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