Candid Wedding Photography In Australia
Candid wedding photography is the most in-demand style of professional wedding imagery in Australia. Photographed naturally with no posing, candid wedding photos document the events of your wedding day as they unfold, capturing couples relaxed and having fun together, without the stiff poses and awkward smiles that a more structured shoot can evoke.
The best candid wedding photographers in Australia are also among the most experienced, with many years of capturing the special moments at weddings to guide their focus on the day. The most experienced wedding photographers are always in the right place, at the right time, to capture the moments that mean the most to their clients. It's this sense of timing & intuition that stands the best candid photographers apart from the rest.
The photographers recommended below, know that the most beautiful candid wedding photography is captured when couples are relaxed and fully in the moment with each other. They bring strategies to your wedding to help you feel comfortable in their presence. The best candid photographers are typically very fun and make you laugh. Others are so unobtrusive that you forget they are there.
In this candid wedding photography guide, we help you find the perfect wedding photographer to capture all the fun & emotions of your day with stunning artistry.
Candid Wedding Photographers
Sydney NSW
Melbourne VIC
Brisbane QLD
Perth WA
Adelaide SA
Candid Wedding Photographers in Sydney
1. Splendid Photos & Video
- Location: Leichhardt, NSW 2040
- Years in Business: 10+
- Photo Packages: $2,199+
- Video Packages: $3,249
- 5 Star Reviews: 300+
Splendid are an award winning Sydney based studio that specialise in candid photography for large cultural weddings. The team come with 10 years experience capturing weddings in a timeless & natural style and are preferred vendors with some of the city's most prestigious venues including Doltone House, Crown Sydney and Ivy Ballroom.
2. Mr Wigley Photography
- Location: Redfern - Sydney, NSW
- Images: Happy, colourful & natural
- Wedding Packages: $1,999+
Mr Wigley is a candid wedding photography studio that specialises in fun, happy and colourful images shot without any awkward posing. The boutique creative team of 3 led by owner Daz are based in central Sydney and service the entire city and surrounding regions including the Blue Mountains and Illawarra.
3. Perfect Moment Photography & Video
- Location: Pyrmont, NSW 2009
- Years in Business: 10+
- Photo Packages: $1,550+
- Video Packages: $1,850
- 5 Star Reviews: 100+
Perfect Moment are a team of Sydney based photographers & videographers who capture candid & natural wedding photos in affordable packages. Priced from just $1,550 including a professional candid photographer for 6 hours, Perfect Moment are one of the cheapest wedding photography studios in Sydney for the quality of imagery produced. 2nd cameramen available on request.
4. Xtraordinary Photos & Video
- Location: Leichhardt, NSW 2040
- Years in Business: 15+
- Photo Packages: $1,600
- Video Packages: $1,950
- 5 Star Reviews: 150+
Xtraordinary Photos & Video are specialists in luxury European weddings and shoot all ceremonies & receptions candidly with a fly-on-the-wall approach. With a large team of contracted creatives they are one of the city's busiest studios and are the most likely to be able to accommodate last minute bookings.
Candid photo and video packages are available from $3,750 with 6+ hours shooting by one photographer and videographer.
5. Love Is Light Wedding Photography
- Location: Drummoyne, NSW 2047
- Years in Business: 12+
- Photo Packages: $1,800+
- 5 Star Reviews: 200+
Brendan is a traditional candid-style wedding photographer who we highly recommend for couples who are nervous about having their photos taken, or who feel awkward in front of the lens. Brendan has an endearing Irish accent and delightful sense of humour that takes the intensity out of having photos taken and instead makes the experience fun. While you're busy laughing & canoodling together, Brendan captures you at your relaxed best in very natural wedding photos.
6. Ben Newnam Photography
- Location: Berowra, NSW 2081
- Years in Business: 15+
- Photo Packages: $1,400
- 5 Star Reviews: 200+
Ben Newnam brings a documentary style approach to each wedding he photographs, capturing candid images of the days events unobtrusively. He then elevates the images with a moody vibrancy that has become his signature aesthetic. If you're looking for candid wedding photos that are a little bit different & moodier than the typical very natural images popular right now, you might be one of many couples who fall in love with Ben's creative style.
7. Anna Murray Photography
- Location: Bondi Beach, NSW 2026
- Years in Business: 5+
- Photo Packages: $1,090
- 5 Star Reviews: 50+
Anna Murray offers high end candid photography for small weddings & elopements around Sydney. Her photography packages are structured around weddings with minimal guests as she loves the more intimate environment that micro weddings offer for capturing beautiful emotive images. Anna's approach is very well suited to loved up couples who want highly intimate images that capture their genuine connection.
8. The Salty Shutter
- Location: Eastern Suburbs - Sydney
- Images: Highly emotive
- Wedding Packages: $5,200+
Named among the world's best wedding photographers by respected industry publication Rangefinder Magazine - Dane Tucker is unsurprisingly one of Sydney's most in demand photographers. His images are highly emotive, telling an entire story in one single frame. Collections include subtle, high contrast and warm-toned photos mixed with intensely moving black & whites.
To book the Salty Shutter investments start at AU$5,200 and include all high resolution images, a blog to share online and a handy downloadable gallery. Optional extras include prints and highly personalised albums imported from the US.
9. Kevin Lue Photography
- Location: Sydney, NSW
- Images: Fun, luminous, interesting
- Wedding Packages: $3,000+
Kevin Lue is a natural-light wedding photographer who captures fun collections throughout Sydney. His images are almost entirely unposed, are crisp, always perfectly lit and are oozing in character and personality. Kevin's work often surprises us. Expect unique angles, lots of fun scenes and totally natural, entirely alive, journalistic wedding portraiture that jumps off the page.
Great value photography packages start at $3,000 for 6+ hours. Optional extras include wedding films from $2,000.
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Candid Wedding Photographers in Melbourne
10. Perfect Moment Photography & Video
- Location: Pyrmont, NSW 2009
- Years in Business: 10+
- Photo Packages: $1,550+
- Video Packages: $1,850
- 5 Star Reviews: 100+
Perfect Moment are one of the largest wedding photography studios in Australia with offices in Melbourne & Sydney. The success of this studio revolves around the natural style of images they capture, and the affordability of their packages. They make high quality candid wedding photos available to couples on any budget, with packages priced from just $1,550.
11. Tay Bassi Creative
- Location: Melbourne, VIC
- Images: Dark & moody
- Wedding Packages: $3,990 - $5,500
Tay Bassi are the two photographer duo of Tay and Pete who capture weddings candidly throughout Melbourne and happily travel with couples world-wide. Their images are rich in moody blacks and feature all the shenanigans and mischief, intimate moments and the small happenings that contribute to the overall story.
Wedding packages start at $3,990 including 7 hours coverage and all images on USB. An album, 2 wedding photographers and 10 hours coverage is included for $5,500.
12. Sarah Godenzi Photography
- Location: Melbourne, VIC
- Images: Journalistic
- Wedding Packages: $4,600+
Sarah Godenzi is a Melbourne based lifestyle and wedding photographer who produces images in subtle rich and moody contrasts. Photos are fun and very candid having been shot with as little interference as possible. Sarah's clients describe her as super chilled, relaxed, warm and approachable.
Photography packages start at $4,600 including 6 hours coverage and fine art albums are available from $1,600.
13. Aleksandar Jason Weddings
- Location: Melbourne, VIC
- Images: Natural
- Elopement Packages: $2,200+
Aleksandar Jason is a highly published wedding photographer with a preference for candid style portraiture. His collections document the wedding day, capturing the fun and joy with guests, but it's the special bond between couples where his lens is largely focused.
Expect very clean and crisp, natural light wedding photos of the style that are very easy to hang on the wall. Some styling is provided where framing in the natural surrounds warrants. Wedding photography starts at $2,200 for elopements with up to 10 guests and go up from there.
14. Briars Atlas
- Location: Melbourne, VIC
- Images: Candid Nostalgia
- Wedding Packages: See below
A contender for the title of Australia's best wedding photographer, Oli Sansom brings an incomparable artistry to weddings. His work is raw, gritty and a vast treasure trove of human energy and connection painted as imperfectly perfect as his human subjects.
Capturing weddings on analogue film is Oli's specialty and you can choose whether he brings modern gear to your big day or solely a selection of old cameras from the 1920’s to 1980’s. Images are processed at a world-class film lab and you can have input into the formats used.
Oli's work is priceless. His packages aren't cheap. Gazing at, and enjoying his work is free.
15. Tahnee Jade Photography
- Location: Melbourne + Perth
- Images: Documentary
- Wedding Packages: $3,950+
Tahnee is a Melbourne local who's relaxed and natural approach to wedding photography has seen her work published in all the best magazines. A photojournalist by nature, Tahnee's images capture all the happenings going on around the couple unobtrusively and in a lightly processed and timeless format.
Photography packages start at $3,950 and fine art albums and prints can be added.
16. Sayher Heffernan Photography
- Location: Melbourne, VIC
- Images: Documentary
- Wedding Packages: $4,000+
Sayher Heffernan's wedding photography is 95% unposed, capturing all the shenanigans from getting ready to the dance floor in a journalistic style. You'll get an album of very natural photos that celebrate architecture, locations and people. Collections are shot from a distance as well as close up and interspersed with creative black & whites.
Most wedding packages include 8 - 12 hours of photography with 700 - 1,000 edited images.
Candid Wedding Photographers in Brisbane
17. Adam & Tyla Photography
- Location: Burleigh Beach, QLD
- Service Area: SE QLD
- Wedding Packages: $925+
Adam & Tyla are a Gold Coast based photography duo who specialise in candid wedding photography at affordable prices. The pair have 10 years commercial photography experience including capturing documentary style wedding photos & family portraits, and with an interest in the natural world have shot several tourism board campaigns.
Adam & Tyla are avid travellers and are keen to photograph weddings all over South East QLD. This will be the pair's first full time year as wedding photographers, so to built a portfolio fast they're offering 50% off all wedding photography packages for 2025, including engagement shoots and elopements.
18. Sage & Stone Photography
- Location: Brisbane, QLD
- Images: Documentary
- Wedding Packages: $1,900+
Sage & Stone Photography is the studio of Erin, a Brisbane local who grew up in Pennsylvania. Erin has a condition called Aphantasia which inhibits her ability to visualise and remember, hence photography became her way to capture memories. Photographing meaningful moments as they occur naturally is an art form Erin has developed for herself and now shares with others.
Four hour wedding photography packages start at $1,900, elopements are available from $950 and engagement shoots from $350.
19. Chris Jack Photography
- Location: Brisbane, QLD
- Images: Crisp
- Wedding Packages: $3,000 (guide)
Chris is an affordable and very experienced candid wedding photographer based locally in Brisbane. His images are crisp, luminous and vibrant and come processed in natural, slightly enhanced colours.
Wedding packages start at around $3,000 for 6 hours of photography and coverage is available for up to 9 hours.
20. Tennille Fink Photographer
- Location: Brisbane, QLD
- Images: Photojournalism
- Wedding Packages: $3,900+
Tennille Fink describes herself as a very "hands off" documentary style photojournalist who produces very candid wedding photos. Her collections include a mix of black and whites and straight-from-the-lens colour shots. She has a special knack for capturing her couples looking into the lens without the portraits being staged.
Half day photography packages start from $3,900 and include high resolution photos in a downloadable gallery and travel within 2 hours of Brisbane.
Candid Wedding Photographers in Perth
21. Wild Feathers Creative
- Location: Perth & Margaret River, WA
- Images: Nostalgia
- Wedding Packages: $4,500+ (guide)
Alex and Sophie are a fly-on-the-wall wedding studio, specialising in combined photography & video packages. Their ninja style makes them barely noticeable on the wedding day resulting in a collection of precious candid moments. Wild Feathers Creative shoot weddings on digital and film incorporating some fun with super 8 cameras.
22. Alex Cohen Photography
- Location: Perth, WA
- Images: Highly romantic
- Wedding Packages: $8,000+ (guide)
Alex is a destination wedding photographer originally from France and now residing in Perth. She is available for bookings anywhere in the world and her photos are often published in international wedding magazines. Alex's work is highly romantic, emotive, honest and often very raw, produced in natural tones & hues with some black & whites.
23. Taylah Jayde Photo
- Location: Perth, WA
- Images: Intimate
- Wedding Packages: $4,500+ (guide)
Taylah is a wedding and portrait photographer who captures very warm and intimate moments up close and naturally. Her photos are produced in warm tones and black & whites and collections feature some semi-styled portrait amongst a majority of candid photos.
24. West Creative
- Location: Perth & Swan Valley, WA
- Images: High contrast
- Wedding Packages: $4,000+ (guide)
Sandie Bertrand captures weddings in an elegant, non-staged style that includes lots of candid portraits shot as the couple simply enjoy time together on their wedding day. Images are produced in a high contrast, moody style rich in saturated blacks. Plenty of details are included in collections.
25. The Beautiful Strange
- Location: Perth, WA
- Images: Dark & moody
- Wedding Packages: $3,600+
Unconventional couples take note. Carly Williams is a self titled "part mad scientist" who finds beauty in that all people are a little bit strange. She captures each couples brand of unique with candid photo collections processed in favour of moody dark saturation and vignettes.
Wedding photography packages are priced from $3,600 for a little 4 hour shoot, $4,400 with 6 hours shooting and from $2,400 for elopements.
Candid Wedding Photographers in Adelaide
26. Wilson & Lewis Photography
- Location: Adelaide, SA
- Images: Classic
- Wedding Packages: $1,600+
Tony and Tereza are experienced wedding photographers who capture a classic mix of candid wedding photos and couple portraits. Four wedding packages are available including 2 wedding photographers who bring smoke and eco confetti bombs for portraits. Elopements and micro weddings can be booked within 3 months of the date.
Candid Wedding Photography - FAQ
What is candid wedding photography?
Candid wedding photos capture the day's events as they unfold naturally in front of the camera. There is no posing, rather the images tell the story of the wedding day, showcasing all the little and big moments with an authenticity that captures the raw emotions and feelings experienced.
What is the experience of having candid wedding photos taken?
A candid wedding photographer might shoot weddings 100% without posing, however most offer some direction during the photo shoot section of the wedding day. Direction can range from simple suggestions that get you and your partner interacting, like "take a wander over there", or a more editorial style approach which involves specific direction on placement of hands, face and body.
Almost every wedding photographer from New South Wales to Western Australia captures at least some candid photos between your wedding ceremony & reception. Your ceremony and the formalities of your reception such as speeches and first dance are captured candidly by all wedding photographers in Australia.
Why Choose Candid Wedding Photography?
Candid wedding photography offers couples the opportunity to capture all the authentic and raw moments that happen on their wedding day. The photos provide a collection of un-posed moments that document the day as it unfolds naturally, capturing all the highly emotive little moments & memories that typically become the photos most treasured by couples.
With unposed photos there is an extraordinary ability to capture feelings and emotions in a way that transports people back to that moment.
If you're looking for a candid wedding photographer to capture your special day, the above curated list are all professionals who prioritise a very natural approach. From affordable candid photographers to high end storytellers, whatever your budget the above list of pros are the ideal choice for delivering candid wedding photography all over Australia.
Cover Image: Aleksandar Jason Weddings