Gold Coast Wedding Photographers
Wedding Photographer: Gold Coast | Brisbane | Sunshine Coast
Looking for a Gold Coast wedding photographer? Professional wedding photographers in the Gold Coast offer a creative mix of wedding imagery from documentary and candid photos to the style of editorial wedding photography published in magazines.
Gold Coast wedding photographers are mostly candid shooters who document moments as they unfold naturally. Editorial photographers offer slightly more direction during the getting ready and photo shoot parts of the day, and typically spend more time capturing the finer details including styling elements.
The Gold Coast is serviced by more than its fair share of award winning wedding photographers with many of Australia's best visual artists residing in the coastal region north of Byron Bay. The Gold Coast also has plenty of budget friendly photographers and we have included studios that offer excellent value in our list of the best Gold Coast wedding photographers below.
Here's a shortlist of highly recommended wedding photographers in the Gold Coast - for all budgets.
Contents
Top 10 Wedding Photographers
Highly Commended Photographers
Photo + Video Packages
Top 10 Wedding Photographers - Gold Coast
1. GOYA Weddings Photo & Film
- Location: Burleigh Waters, QLD 4220
- Service Area: SE QLD
- Wedding Packages: $3,950+
GOYA Weddings is the local Gold Coast photography & video studio of Husband & Wife duo Helena and Gavin. Together, they deliver candid wedding photography with an editorial flair and cinematic films. With a background in fashion photography Helena brings a unique talent for bold and elegant bridal portraits adding a creative edge to wedding albums.
Wedding packages start at $3,950 and include 6 hours photography with unlimited images and 6 hours video with a 4 - 5 minute highlights film plus full recording of your ceremony & speeches. Photo albums and wall prints are available.
2. April Werz Wedding Photography
- Location: Gold Coast, QLD
- Service Area: East Coast of Australia
- Wedding Packages: $4,000+ (estimate)
April Werz is a Gold Coast wedding photographer who studied visual arts and photography in London. Since then, she has accrued more than 15 years experience capturing over 1,000 weddings across South East Queensland.
April's wedding photos are mostly candid with a couple of fun bridal party and portrait shots captured between the ceremony and reception. Images are very natural with a slight vintage aesthetic and often showcase surrounding nature. A recent client recently wrote: "True artists are few. Our deepest gratitude for creating masterpieces out of a camera shy couple."
3. Heart & Colour Photography + Video
- Location: Gold Coast, QLD
- Service Area: Worldwide
- Wedding Packages: $4,500+ (estimate)
Heart & Colour is the international studio of wedding photographer Phil and videographer Jermaine. The creative pair are based on the Gold Coast and regularly shoot weddings up and down the east coast of Australia and overseas. Their portfolio includes luxury weddings in New York, California, New Zealand and Santorini.
Phil's images are very natural, clean, light, bright and candid. His fine attention to the day's details has seen Heart & Colour published in the world's best nuptial-related publications.
4. Rawn & Pallow Photography
- Location: Northern Rivers
- Service Area: Sunshine Coast to Byron Bay
- Wedding Packages: $2,000+
Based on the NSW/QLD border, the Rawn & Pallow team are regularly spotted in the Gold Coast documenting weddings in their typically unobtrusive style. Isaac Purcell and his 2nd shooter Hayley specialise in smaller celebrations and offer micro weddings from $2,000 and elopement packages from $1,600. Expect candid images edited enriched subtely with dark highlights.
5. Nina Claire Photography
- Location: Byron Bay, NSW 2481
- Service Area: Northern NSW & SE QLD
- Wedding Packages: $4950+
Nina Claire is one of the most published wedding photographers in the Gold Coast region. Her fashion-forward imagery has a special authenticity, capturing the raw feelings in a moment with a rare and artful beauty. With all the day's smallest details captured in clean, natural and polished frames, her collections push the boundaries of editorial wedding photography.
6. Rabbit & The Bear Photography & Film
- Location: Northern Rivers
- Service Area: Byron Bay - Brisbane
- Wedding Packages: $4,500 (estimate)
Jordyn & Andy are a talented pair of wedding creatives who capture moody, cinematic photos with lots of laughter and shenanigans. Their editing style is very natural, favouring the vibe of subtle dark highlights, contrasting black & whites and rich deep colours.
Jordyn & Andy have a like-mindedness for love-soaked and laughter-filled weddings. They live on a farm an hour inland from the beach and are regularly hailed to the Gold Coast by couples drawn to their fun-loving creativity.
7. Clover Studios
- Location: Tweed Coast
- Service Area: Byron Bay, Gold Coast, Brisbane
- Wedding Packages: $2,550+
Camilla Kirk who is the owner of Clover Studios has more than 10 years experience photographing weddings in the Gold Coast and surrounding regions. She captures highly romantic and natural wedding photos and brings a laid back and entirely candid approach on the big day. Elopement packages are available from $1,600. Albums and prints are available.
8. My Kindred Wedding Photography
- Location: Byron Bay, NSW
- Service Area: 200km
- Elopements: $1,600
Rachel Kimberley started her career as a documentary film maker. She now specialises in elopements and small eco ethical weddings along the east coast of Northern NSW and SE Queensland. Having spent several years working in Africa with international aid organisations, these days she pays it forward by contributing $25 from each wedding to a nonprofit that gives micro loans to in-need communities.
Rachel takes a fly-on-the-wall approach to weddings, capturing candid images in documentary-style collections. Elopement packages start at $1,600 including 2 hours shooting and all high resolution images.
9. New Black Studios (Photos + Video)
- Location: Burleigh, QLD
- Service Area: Tweed Heads to Tamborine
- Wedding Packages: $1,600+
New Black Studios is a team of wedding photographers who specialise in candid and timeless photography. Owned and operated by Sarah & Andrew of rebranded studio The Follans, the team comes with 20 years experience in capturing classic collections of special moments.
Based in Burleigh on the Gold Coast, New Black Studios largely capture weddings in the SE QLD and Northern NSW regions however travel as far as Sydney and Melbourne.
10. Mint Photography Gold Coast
- Location: Coolangatta, QLD
- Service Area: Gold Coast, Brisbane, Byron Bay
- Wedding Packages: $2,700+
Mint Photography is the wedding studio of Sarah Garton who comes with 12 years experience shooting weddings in the Gold Coast to Sydney and all the coastal and country locations in between. Her philosophy is simple - fine art photography without the fuss. Sarah's style is very classic, producing candid photography collections with a mix of colour and monochrome. Her work has been featured in Vogue.
Mint Photography offer wedding packages from $2,700 - $4,000 including 5 - 10 hours coverage with two photographers. Elopement photography packages are available from $1,000. Sarah personally edits all of your wedding photos and provides a secure online gallery that can be shared online.
Highly Commended Wedding Photographers
Sam Wyper Wedding Photographer
- Location: Byron Bay, NSW
- Service Area: Brisbane, Gold Coast, Byron Bay
- Wedding Packages: $2,900+
Sam Wyper is a candid wedding photographer who produces creative, highly emotive and full of life images. Around 25% of his wedding photos are delivered in black & white with the rest in rich natural colour.
Sam is a highly experienced photographer who has more than 300 weddings to his name along with 100+ 5 star reviews. His clientele are typically fun loving couples of all denominations getting married in the Gold Coast to Byron Bay. Packages start at $2,900 including 5 hours coverage and come with all high resolution images and an online gallery.
Celia Galpin Wedding Photography
- Location: Byron Bay, NSW
- Service Area: Worldwide
- Wedding Packages: $1,800+
Celia Galpin is a Canon camera lady who photographs weddings in a relaxed, candid style capturing lots of raw emotion. Her images have a distinct warm tone and collections include a mix of colour photos and emotive black & whites.
An ocean lover, Celia is a big fan of beach weddings and is regularly found shooting weddings in the Gold Coast and Surfers Paradise as well as up and down the East Coast of Australia. She has a very appreciated knack for making camera shy couples feel at ease in front of her lens. Mini packages are available from $950.
Wander & Follow Images (+ Film)
- Location: Burleigh Waters, QLD
- Service Area: Gold Coast
- Wedding Packages: $2,500+ (estimate)
Joel & Shannon of Wander & Follow Images are a creative husband & wife duo who adventure across the Gold Coast, Hinterland and country regions in South East Queensland photographing weddings. The fun seeking pair are always trying new things to push their creative boundaries but typically produce cinematic wedding photos and videos with a dark and moody edge.
Hayden Phoenix Photographer (+ Video)
- Location: Gold Coast, QLD
- Service Area: Worldwide
- Wedding Packages: $2,500+
Hayden Phoenix is a local Gold Coast wedding photographer with a passion for capturing weddings within the beauty of the architectural environment. Taking inspiration from nature, Hayden's portfolio features the colour, contour and shape of the world around, capturing couples as they move throughout their chosen wedding day environment.
Hayden offers professional wedding photography in a documentary style, largely taking a candid approach to shooting except for the bridal portraits section of the day which is a little more posed. He offers full-day packages starting at $2,500 with optional albums and video.
Holly Knight Wedding Photography
- Location: Palm Beach, QLD
- Service Area: Gold Coast, Brisbane
- Wedding Packages: $2,400+
Holly is a professional wedding photographer with 6 years experiences, who was trained by Griffith University in the documentary style of photography. She captures authentic moments and connection between couples in an elegant, natural and unobtrusive style.
Holly offers journalistic wedding photography packages from $2,400 including 6 hours coverage and will tailor packages according to requirements. Based at Palm Beach, she's a popular Gold Coast photographer and will travel anywhere from Byron Bay to Bundaberg for weddings.
Emma Wise Wedding Photos
- Location: Byron Bay, NSW
- Service Area: Far North Coast
- Wedding Packages: $3,250
Emma Wise comes with a fashion photography background and brings a special passion for capturing "dirty, messy, honest love" to weddings. She's a Byron Bay local who regularly pops over the Queensland border to capture weddings in the country areas surrounding the Gold Coast.
Emma's portfolio favours boho and earthy weddings to which she brings a keen eye for incorporating the natural surrounds into portraits. Wedding photography packages start at $3,250 including a half day with ceremony, family photos and a location shoot. Packages with a photo album start at $4,950.
Mazzer Photographics
- Location: Northern Rivers, NSW
- Service Area: Gold Coast to Yamba
- Wedding Packages: $2,000 (estimate)
Mikaela is an affordable wedding photographer who shoots candidly and offers a low key, relaxed wedding experience. Clients describe her as flexible and calm, great with organising children and makes the process easy.
Fotoco Australia
- Location: Brisbane, QLD
- Service Area: SE QLD
- Wedding Packages: $2,200+
Sara is the lead artist and owner of Fotoco Australia - an end to end professional photography studio that offers engagement and wedding packages along with maternity and family photography. Sara has a decade of experience shooting weddings and families and in her timeless, classic style and loves working with couples through the stages of life from engagement through to family portraits.
Sara's wedding packages start at $2,200 including 8 hours coverage and range up to $3,500 with 10 hours coverage and an album. Option to add a 2nd professional photographer. Sara is based in Brisbane and regularly travels to the Gold Coast to capture weddings.
Wattleseed Weddings Gold Coast
- Location: Tweed Heads, NSW
- Service Area: SE QLD - Northern NSW
- Wedding Packages: $895+
Wattleseed Collective is a candid wedding photo and video studio based on the Tweed Coast who service anywhere from Byron Bay to Brisbane. Owner Kevin offers very affordable wedding photography packages starting at $895 and combined photo & video packages from $1,800. Expect a classic set of candid and natural images with a focus on portraits and the landscape.
Leigh Warner Wedding Photos
- Location: Robina - Gold Coast, QLD
- Service Area: Northern NSW - Brisbane
- Wedding Packages: $2,950+
Leigh Warner has been shooting weddings on the Gold Coast for more than 10 years. His landscape and drone photos are particularly of note, placing his couples within the landscape they are marrying and capturing unique angles of their special day. Wedding collections feature a mix of landscape and classic images with an optional drone and/or night shoot.
Leigh offers wedding packages from $2,950 including 5 - 6 hours coverage up to $4,150 with 12 hours. Drone, albums, prints and video are available as photography package extras.
Orange Sunshine Photography
- Location: Tallebudgera - Gold Coast, QLD
- Service Area:
- Photography Packages: $2,200
Orange Sunshine is a natural light wedding photography studio owned & operated by Jo who has now been shooting weddings for more than a decade. Her images are clean, crisp and largely candid and are edited with a natural, earthy vibe. Jo has a special talent for capturing the beauty of the landscape in her wedding collections.
Photography packages start at $2,200 for 4 hours with 1 photographer and range up to $4,500 for a full day shoot with 2 wedding photographers. Husband Steve offers wedding films through his production company.
Wedding Photo + Video Packages
GOYA Weddings Photo & Film
- Location: Burleigh Waters, QLD 4220
- Service Area: SE QLD
Wedding Photography & Film Packages
GOYA Weddings offer combined photo + film packages ranging from $4,000 with 6 to 10 hours coverage. All high resolution images are included, plus a 4 - 5 minutes highlight film and full documentary video of the ceremony and speeches.
New Black Studios
- Location: Burleigh, QLD
- Service Area: Tweed Heads to Tamborine
Wedding Photography & Film Packages
New Black Studios offer combined wedding photo & video packages from $5,300. You get all high resolution images and a highlights film set to licensed music with audio from the day.
Heart & Colour Photography + Video
- Location: Gold Coast, QLD
- Service Area: Worldwide
Wedding Photography & Film Packages
Heart & Colour offer wedding photography packages from around $4,500 to which you can add video from $3,600 - $4,600.
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