Wedding Photos of Central America

The following “Central America” images were created by documentary wedding photographers from the WPJA, who regularly submit their best candid moments, artistic portraits, details, and scene setters for review by our WPJA competition judges.

WEDDINGS + ELOPEMENTS + ARTISTIC PORTRAITS & DETAILS + ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS

Some of the “Central America” marriage photography samples below may have come from the getting ready events, the actual wedding ceremony, the reception after-party, an engagement session with the couple, or possibly be artistic portraits or detail shots.

FINE ART WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: Our Artistic Guild award winners take a more creative approach to wedding day Portraits and use their innovative skills to capture the Details of each couple’s special day. The Artistic Guild’s Scene Setters are some of the most notable and breathtaking from within the artistic WPJA contest categories. Playing with light and shadow, special effects, and post-production editing, these images embrace the artistic component of wedding photography.

PRE-WEDDING ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY: The story of every couple starts long before the wedding day, and the engagement marks one of the most important milestones in their story. Engaged couples often want to celebrate the occasion and announce their upcoming wedding with a photoshoot. Pre-wedding portraits of an engaged couple can be just as moving and compelling as the images taken on the wedding day. Engagement portraits can win a Diamond Award, an exclusive WPJA award whose winner is selected from the best engagement photography in the world.

At Costa Verde Hotel in Puntarenas, a wedding couple exits the ceremony as guests cheer, captured from a low camera angle with symmetrical framing.

Blissful Beginnings: A Couple's Journey at Costa Verde Hotel in Puntarenas

A couple embraces on a picturesque beach in Costa Rica, sharing their first kiss as a married couple during a heartfelt wedding ceremony

Captivating Love: Witness the Blissful First Kiss in Costa Rica

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Bridesmaids embrace in an emotional moment at Mariposa Hotel in Costa Rica before the wedding ceremony

Candid Bridesmaids Embrace at Costa Rican Wedding Venue: A Moving Documentary Photo

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A couple embraces each other while standing in front of Nauyaca Waterfalls during their engagement photo session in Costa Rica

Love in Full Bloom: Captured in the Majestic Cascade of Nauyaca Waterfalls

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A couple joyfully practices their first dance on the beautiful Manuel Antonio beach in Costa Rica, the day before their wedding during their engagement photo shoot

Love's Rhythm Unveiled: A Serenade on Manuel Antonio Beach

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At Hacienda Pinilla in Guancaste, Costa Rica, the newlyweds shared a romantic kiss while capturing a stunning sunset during their beach portrait session

The newlyweds shared a romantic kiss while taking their wedding photos with their photojournalist at a Hacienda beach sunset

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At Costa Rica's Villa Caletas Hotel in Jaco, the bride and groom posed for a romantic veil drop portrait in front of the grand door of Zephyr Palace

A wedding photographer took a romantic veil drop portrait of the bride and groom at a hotel

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Couples can enjoy a romantic beach ceremony setter at Hacienda Pinilla in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, framed by rows of gigantic palm trees

A professional wedding photographer captured the romantic beach ceremony setting framed by rows of palm trees

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The Zephyr Palace at Villa Caletas Hotel in Jaco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica provided a beautiful location for a silhouette of the ceremony scene with an a stunning sunset and ocean view as a backdrop

A wedding photographer captured the silhouette of the ceremony scene with a stunning ocean and sunset view as a backdrop

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The beautiful architecture of Parroquia San Rafael Arcángel in Zarcero, Alajuela, Costa Rica is the perfect wedding scene setter for a special ceremony

The wedding photographer captured the beautiful scene at the special wedding ceremony

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Scene setter couple portrait inside the amazing ruins of Convento Santa Clara at Antigua Guatemala

Guatemala couple portrait in the ruins of Convento Santa Clara

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Belize post proposal engagement session with a Central America wedding photographer showing the couple walking through tall trees

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Bahamas bridesmaid reading her speech at the reception | Central America wedding photojournalism

Bahamas bridesmaid reading her speech at the reception in Central America

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