Wedding Photos of Dramatic

The following “Dramatic” 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 “Dramatic” 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.

Sao Paulo wedding portrait art at Pier 151 in Ilhabela of the Brazil bride and groom at the boardwalk by the water with dramatic clouds in the sky

Hambacher Schloss fine art wedding couple portrait with the dramatic castle as the background

Hambacher Schloss castle background fine art wedding Hambacher Hambacher couple portrait Dramatic

Grays Beach, Yarmouth Port, MA fine art wedding couple portrait during a storm on the beach

The wedding couple had their portrait taken on a wooden pier during a stormy beach day

CO couple portrait clouds Estes Park Colorado wedding bw Colorado

Estes Park, Colorado creative wedding detail image with a dramatic train standing out against the dark carpet

A wedding detail image featuring a dramatic train standing out against a dark carpet is presented

Colorado Lucy Schultz Estes Park photographer Colorado wedding bw detail image dark carpet Estes Park

Wedding photography from Zion Canyon showing the dramatic Ceremony during the Sunrise

morning Wedding photo Zion Canyon sunrise Dramatic outdoor ceremony

Dramatic cloudy backdrop for an engagement couple portrait

Rosice engagement images cloudy engagement couple backdrop portrait Rosice e session

College swing dancing couple finished their session with a dramatic dip in an abandoned castle courtyard

Dramatic Vermont engagement images Everett Mansion Lucy Schultz Vermont Southern Vermont College Vermont engagement photography

Couple walking along beach huts under dramatic stormy skies

West Sussex pre wedding portrait UK stormy West Sussex engagement images Jenny Rutterford West Sussex West Sussex e session

black and white love session against the dramatic sky and clouds

Castille Alma Sky Dramatic love session Lyon pre wedding portraits Lyon engagement photos Lyon engagement photographer

This was taken at the Cape Town botanical gardens. This lane of mature, age old trees made for incredible dramatic image.

a lane of mature, age old trees made for incredible dramatic engagement image

Cape Town engagement photos Cape Town pre wedding portraits engagement image incredible Dramatic Cape Town

Engaged Couples Photographer | USS Slater, Albany, New York, USA - A military couple cuddles up on board a battleship for their dramatic engagement photo.

Engaged Couples Photography - A military couple cuddles up on board a battleship for their dramatic engagement photo

Cuddling Albany Albany pre wedding portraits battleship Dramatic Albany engagement photographer Engaged Couples Photography

A couple walks together in Brno beneath a dramatic and dark sky in this engagement session by a Prague photographer

dark sky country grass fields countryside walks rural picturesque

Couple walking into desert sunset by Dubai Wedding photographer

The Couple walked into the desert sunset as silhouettes, holding hands and surrounded by the big, dramatic sky in the beautiful shot

sunset couple walking silhouette Dramatic Dubai engagement photography Dubai Big Sky

Key West Engagement Session under the brick arches at sunset with a Florida wedding photographer

The Engagement Session was captured under the brick arches at sunset, with a dark blue sky and a lone palm tree at the right adding to the dramatic and romantic atmosphere

Key West Engagement Photography Key West palm tree Dramatic blue sky brick arches

Key West Engagement Photography Shoots in FL

The lit couple was captured in the dusk Engagement Photography Shoot, with a dark blue sky and deep tones adding to the dramatic and romantic atmosphere

Minimalistic Key West deep tones Florida dark blue sky Dramatic Key West Engagement Photography

Silhouetted couple walk in Murcia Spain during their engagement photo session

The silhouetted couple was captured walking in the engagement photo session, with a deep blue sky and white structures adding to the dramatic and romantic atmosphere

Murcia white structures Dramatic Murcia engagement photography silhouetted deep blue sky

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