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Kansas City Wedding Photographers

Our Kansas City photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in: Lee's Summit

Kansas City Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

Intimate Wedding Photography in Kansas City - Capturing the Joy of Small Celebrations - Discover the best Kansas City photographers specializing in intimate marriages. Couples are embracing the trend of smaller, more meaningful celebrations. Let our talented photographers capture the joy and intimacy of your wedding day.

By planning a simple Kansas City 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, Kansas City documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings and elopements can’t wait. Find yours today!
Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards
University Wedding Photo from outdoor ceremony near historic chapel on campus
Wenjie Han
As the lush tropical setting glowed around them, the groom and bride shared their vows filled with love, laughter, and a dash of humor
Julie Ambos
The bride and groom shared an intimate first dance on a sea of clouds, while fog blanketed the garden outside, creating a magical moment for the couple to remember forever
Detelina Krasteva

Kansas City Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small Kansas City 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.

Missouri WPJA members are ready to document any city hall, secret, mini, 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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1 Kansas City Wedding Photographers...

Deanna Johnson wedding photography

Deanna Johnson is a wedding photographer with a passion for taking in the energy and passion of artists in intimate concert settings. She also has a love for vintage findings and artwork, finding beauty in overlooked treasures. She enjoys exploring antiques, local...

Deanna Johnson

Kansas City in Missouri, US
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3500 (USD)

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving Kansas City Couples

Kansas City Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

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

A creative photograph of a couple standing in Kansas City in front of a large, silhouetted tree against a blue sky
The bride and groom, leaving their wedding reception in Kansas City, Missouri, were captured in a documentary-style photograph, sitting in a car covered in rain water with "Just Married" written on the window behind them
An artistic and creative lifestyle portrait of a couple in a park in Kansas City, Missouri, using a prism effect
A couple was photographed in a Kansas City parking garage doorway with the skyline in the background
A lifestyle portrait of a couple in a Kansas City parking garage rooftop with a skyline background and low sun
At the Kansas City, Missouri wedding ceremony, the groom was welcomed with a warm hug at the altar by dad, while guests watched in delight under the shade of many tall trees
At the outdoor Kansas City Missouri Wedding ceremony, the bride walking down aisle
Missouri wedding reception image of the Groom on a chair at the Kansas City festive celebration party
The bride and groom are happily dancing at their outdoor sunset wedding reception in Kansas City, Missouri
Best Kansas City wedding photojournalism picture of the Bride and Groom Kissing
Downtown Kansas City couple engagement portraits with a couple with downtown lights at night in the city
A black and white Kansas City couple portrait from a Missouri wedding under a huge tree

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Can a wedding photojournalist create artistic portraits on my Kansas City 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 Kansas City wedding photographers who have earned Artistic Guild awards for portrait and detail images.
Q: Where can I find a photographer for a short-notice, small Kansas City 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 Kansas City wedding day by.
Q: Who are the best Kansas City wedding photographers for small elopements?
A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top Kansas City 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
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 not even be...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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