West Lothian Wedding Photographers

Our West Lothian photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in: Addiewell, Armadale, Bathgate, Bellsquarry, Bents, Blackburn, Blackridge, Breich, Bridgend, Broxburn, Brucefield Industrial Estate, Deans, Deans Industrial Estate, Dechmont, East Calder, East Mains Industrial Estate, East Whitburn, Easter Inch Industrial Estate, Ecclesmachan, Faucheldean, Fauldhouse, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Kirknewton, Linlithgow, Livingston, Longridge, Mid Calder, Murieston, Newton, Philpstoun, Polbeth, Pumpherston, Seafield, Stoneyburn, The Camps, Torphichen, Uphall, West Calder, Westfield, Westwood, Whitburn, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Wilkieston, Winchburgh

West Lothian Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

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

By planning a simple West Lothian 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, West Lothian documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings and elopements can’t wait. Find yours today!

Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards

An indoor couple portrait featuring window frame shadows cast onto them and reflections in glass

Detelina Krasteva

Wedding Couple Portrait of The bride and groom as the sun began to set

Ivelina Cholakova

The bride and groom posed for a portrait in the hotel lobby beneath the huge wall paintings, celebrating their intimate, small wedding

Ufuk Sarisen

West Lothian Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small West Lothian 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.

Scotland WPJA members are ready to document any quick, small, town hall, 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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2 West Lothian Wedding Photographers...

Mike Cook

Larbert in Stirlingshire, GB *Now booking West Lothian weddings.

1800 (GBP)

Christine Russell

Bearsden in Dunbartonshire, GB *Now booking West Lothian weddings.

1950 (EUR)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Who are the best West Lothian wedding photographers for small elopements?

A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top West Lothian 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 West Lothian 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 West Lothian wedding photographers who have earned Artistic Guild awards for portrait and detail images.

Q: How can couples find West Lothian photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?

A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for West Lothian 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

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

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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