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Back07/01/2026
Elopements have moved on from a single quiet ceremony in the mountains. Today they happen on rooftops in Istanbul, in Tuscan vineyards, on Scottish coastlines and Australian beaches, and they are increasingly documented by photographers who treat the day as an art form rather than a checklist of poses. Whether you are searching for the right photographer for your own elopement or simply want some fresh inspiration before you start planning, these six image makers are worth a follow. Their work feels furthest from the classic wedding album, building something more cinematic, more personal, and more honest. Here are six who caught our eye.
Run from Istanbul by Bengi, Easthaus is a destination wedding photography and film studio that pairs the city's layered light and architecture with a documentary, slightly cinematic eye. The studio works across both film and digital, and its creative arm, Easthaus Studio, gives the work a distinct visual identity rather than a single repeatable formula. What stands out is the setting itself used as a character, not a backdrop, with couples photographed in a way that feels closer to a travel film than a traditional bridal shoot.
Follow on Instagram: @easthaus.co
Lilia Sciarretti splits her time between Charleston, South Carolina and Italy, shooting destination weddings and elopements on digital, film and Super 8. Her work reads less like a gallery of poses and more like a moving scrapbook, with the grain of analogue film doing a lot of the emotional work. She describes her approach as photographer, filmmaker and friend, and that closeness shows in the work, which favours genuine connection between couples over staged perfection.
Follow on Instagram: @liliasciarrettiphotoandfilm
Founded by Jimena Garcia San Miguel and now a small collective of young photographers, Volvoreta has spent over a decade building a reputation in Spain for turning away from the overly posed, overly filtered wedding photography that dominates the industry. The studio favours natural light, colour, and unguarded moments, treating each wedding as its own piece of visual storytelling rather than a formula applied to every couple. Their work has a painterly, slightly editorial quality that still feels completely lived in.
Follow on Instagram: @volvoreta
Based in London but rarely there for long, Jessica Gwyneth shoots weddings on 35mm film, digital and Super 8, with a style that sits somewhere between documentary and fashion editorial. Her instinct led approach focuses on energy and movement rather than direction, and her work has been featured in Vogue, Tatler, Vanity Fair and GQ. She describes her photography as recognising when something already feels like an image rather than constructing one, which is exactly the quality that sets it apart from more traditional coverage.
Follow on Instagram: @jessicagwynethphotog
Anna Dunlop works between Scotland and Italy, blending a fine art and painting background with digital, 35mm, medium format and Super 8 film. The result feels closer to poetry than photojournalism, with soft, atmospheric images that draw on the visual language of cinema and the texture of old film stock. Anna does not stage or fabricate moments, instead moving with the rhythm of the day itself, which gives her elopement work a quiet, observed honesty that is hard to manufacture.
Follow on Instagram: @annadunlopweddings
Dutch born and based in Fremantle, Western Australia, Natasja Kremers has been documenting weddings for close to thirty years, with a background in film that still shapes how she shoots today. Her work blends curated portraiture with documentary style storytelling, guided by the belief that beauty is not always pretty. Rather than chasing a polished ideal, she looks for the imperfect, unscripted moments, the laughter, tears and real emotion that most traditional wedding photography tends to smooth away.
Follow on Instagram: @natasjakremers
What links these six is not a single style but a shared refusal to settle for the expected. Whether it is Istanbul light, Super 8 grain, or an unposed moment caught mid laugh, each photographer is telling a love story on their own terms. If one of these styles speaks to you, follow the account, look through full galleries rather than highlight reels, and reach out directly to ask about availability for your date.
Elopement photography tends to follow a smaller, more intimate day, often without a fixed timeline or a long list of formal poses. This gives photographers more freedom to focus on genuine moments and creative locations rather than a standard shot list.
Look at full galleries rather than highlight reels, and pay attention to whether the work feels staged or observed. Photographers who shoot a mix of film and digital, like several featured here, often bring a more textured, less formulaic result.
Yes, all six regularly travel for destination work, with locations spanning Europe, the UK, Australia and beyond. Most list themselves as available worldwide, so location should rarely be a limiting factor.