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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
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
The happy couple exchanged their marriage vows beneath sky, in a beautiful Abbey
Alessia Bruchi
The couple posed for an elopement portrait by a foggy lake following their ceremony
Lauren Lindley

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 fast, civil ceremony, small, 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 top-ranked Shanghai wedding photographers?
A: The WPJA created the original wedding photographer ranking systems. Our innovative system is based on contest winning points, meaning that the Shanghai 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: 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
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
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
An Unforgettable Romance: The Intimacy of an Elopement
While some people live for the hustle and bustle of a big wedding with extravagant décor and an impossibly long guest list, others find these kinds of weddings to be too much hoopla, preferring instead something simpler and quieter, allowing for more intimacy between them...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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