Porto elopement photography featuring a candid black and white portrait of Sunny smiling during her intimate wedding celebration in Portugal

DOCUMENTARY WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHYPorto, Portugal California UK / IrelandAlways on the move. Tell me where.

Austin Texas wedding photography featuring two older wedding guests outside a vintage Humble Gasoline station, captured in black and white.

PORTUGAL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER.

DOCUMENTARY, BASED IN PORTO.
WEDDINGS, PARTIES & ELOPEMENTS.
ACROSS PORTUGAL & WORLDWIDE.

I photograph people, places and whatever happens in between.

After nearly fifteen years photographing weddings, I care less about what they’re supposed to look like. I’m more interested in the people, the circumstances, and their way of seeing things.

Cinema and music have probably influenced my photography more than photography itself.

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01 / CALIFORNIA, USA I TRAVEL A LOT.

02 / PORTO, PORTUGAL I LIKE PEOPLE AS THEY ARE.

03 / PORTUGAL I ENJOY THE SILENCE.

Some
work.

Intimate wedding photography in Portugal — black and white close-up of a couple, documentary style by The Storytellers

Elopement photographer in the American Southwest — couple with a vintage Cadillac, documentary elopement photography by The Storytellers

Candid black and white photo of a bride and a guest in sunglasses fooling around at a wedding in Porto, Portugal

Documentary wedding and elopement photographer based in Porto — quiet hotel room, photography by The Storytellers

Maybe your wedding doesn't need more tradition.

Selected Work003 stories

01 ElopementThe Yeatman, Porto

03 Couple shootNevada · Las Vegas & Boulder City

04 Micro wedding / ElopementJoshua Tree, California

05 Micro weddingPorto, Portugal

Cinematic wedding photography.

It’s not about making life look like a film. It’s about what you lived and what I felt being there.

Let's Talk. →Porto / Worldwide

Sunny and Kim reflected in a large mirror while getting ready for their elopement at The Yeatman, Porto — documentary elopement photography

A guest cheers behind blue glass at Melo & JD’s wedding in Austin, Texas — documentary wedding photography by The Storytellers.

Couple photoshoot in Nevada — Las Vegas and Boulder City, documentary couple photography by The Storytellers

Joshua Tree elopement and micro wedding photographer — desert wedding in California, documentary photography by The Storytellers

Micro wedding photographer in Porto, Portugal — couple on a cobbled street at night, documentary wedding photography by The Storytellers

A few things before we meet

01 Being photographed

“We're awkward in front of a camera.”

I'm relaxed.
You'll be too.

Sometimes candid. Sometimes provocative.
Depends on what you get up to.

02 The people around you

No one gets left behind.

I'm not just watching the wedding.
I'm watching the old lady pour herself a glass of wine.

All aboard the soul train.

03 The first conversation

Push the button and see what happens. :)

When. Where.
Who are you?

Bruno will land in your inbox.

LET'S START HERE ↗

Kind words02 / 03

Elopement in Porto, Portugal — Sunny and Kim, kind words about The Storytellers wedding photography

“Bruno’s work immediately stood out — unique, full of story, and real emotion. We felt our memories were captured with honesty and soul.”

Sunny & Kim — Korea
Elopement · The Yeatman, Porto

Bride laughing by an arched window at Monte do Serrinho, Algarve — wedding photography by The Storytellers

“Bruno is the kind of photographer you don’t only hire for his skill but for the vibes. It feels as if you’re having a friend around.”

Deborah V. — Google review
Wedding · Monte do Serrinho, Algarve

Bride laughing at her wedding at Clube Universitário do Porto — documentary wedding photographer in Porto

“The photos never feel staged or forced. He captured so many real moments that we didn’t even realise were happening at the time.”

Leonora B. — Google review
Wedding · Clube Universitário do Porto

5/5 on Google · 38 reviews Casamentos.pt 4.9/5 · 45 reviews

Travel notes2027

CALIFORNIA / NEVADA

LOS ANGELES · JOSHUA TREE · PALM SPRINGS

SPRING · FALL

PORTUGAL

PORTO · LISBON · ALGARVE · EVERYWHERE ELSE

YEAR ROUND

ELSEWHERE? TELL ME WHERE.

Las Vegas couple shoot in Nevada: Ty holding his sunglasses in a parking lot, his partner walking behind under the palm trees.

Ty was shy too.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Who

are you?

Tell me what you're planning.

The date, the place, the people.

I'll get back to you myself.

Email: info@thestorytellers.pt

Awards & recognition

Proud owner of

ZeroIndustry
awards.

The Storytellers / Bruno Costa

The camera is the least interesting thing I bring.

01 / The studio

THE STORYTELLERS. Destination wedding photographer based in Porto, Portugal. Documentary wedding photography & film. Elopements and intimate weddings throughout Portugal. Seasonally available in California — Joshua Tree · Palm Springs · Los Angeles. Available internationally.

Tell me about your day ↗ 1008 / Personal work ↗

Weddings / Elopements / Small celebrations · Porto, Portugal · Worldwide