Wedding Photos of French Riviera

The following “French Riviera” 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 “French Riviera” 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.

A serene engagement portrait captures the essence of a newly engaged couple standing together in front of a tall, simple wall, radiating a peaceful and romantic vibe.

Capturing the Quiet Promise: A Serene Engagement Portrait Displaying Peaceful Togetherness in Front of a Simple Wall

In this engagement portrait, a couple in Nice-Côte d'Azur is captured about to kiss, with sunbeams and a bright blue sky adding a backdrop to their joy, playfulness, and fun.

Joyful Kisses: Nice-Côte d'Azur Engagement Portrait Session

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A couple engagement portrait captured by a France wedding photographer in Saint Martin de Ré, where the couple is having fun in the afternoon sunlight.

French Riviera Sunlit Engagement Portrait in Saint Martin de Ré

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Newlyweds exiting the stunning Antibes Church on the French Riviera as tossed flower petals and rice rain down from above.

Riviera Radiance: Newlyweds Embrace in Antibes

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A creative portrait by a Hyeres wedding photographer, capturing a couple in a charming street of the south of France, standing on the porch of a village stone building.

Capturing Romance: Arching Love - Hyeres Engagement Portrait in Charming French Village

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A fine art couple portrait captured by a Hyeres wedding photographer, showcasing the couple near the sea holding hands on the rocky coast in Hyeres, France's French Riviera, with a silhouette effect.

Engagement Portrait Reflecting Love on French Riviera's Rocky Coast

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A wedding photographer captures a stunning portrait at Chateau de la Croix in Cannes, French Riviera, featuring the couple beneath a sparkling chandelier. This award-winning image showcases the beauty of their wedding venue.

A Sparkling Moment beneath Cannes' Chateau de la Croix

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An engaged couple wearing formal clothing is standing on a dock by the water in Saint-Tropez for a pre-wedding portrait

Dockside Dreams: A Formal Affair in Saint-Tropez

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In a wedding scene setter at Hotel Eden Roc, Antibes, Côte d’Azur, France, the perfect weather reflected a stunning scene, with umbrellas providing an elegant touch for the sitting guests during the ceremony

Antibes, French Riviera, France - Stunning Wedding Scene Setter at Hotel Eden Roc with Elegant Touch

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French Riviera engagement session of a couple posing near a beautiful building with storm clouds filling the sky

Romantic French Riviera BW engagement session of a couple near beautiful building, stormy sky above

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The couple in Marseille, France, who are standing on a stair landing outdoors are soon to be married on the beautiful French Riviera

In Marseille, France, the couple on the French Riviera embrace on a stair landing

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A couple is soon to be wed in Marseille, France, against the backdrop of an iron fence on the beautiful French Riviera

In Marseille, France, a couple poses for portraits against an iron fence, overlooking the French Riviera

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The engaged couple embraced in a bright and vibrant atmosphere with a backdrop of blue water and sky in Toulon

The couple is embracing in a bright blue backdrop of sky and water

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A couple is running next to a stone wall at French Riviera

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Artistic Saint Tropez wedding picture in the French Riviera showing beautiful Light on the bridesmaids outside in the sunshine

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Saint Tropez wedding photography contest award winning gallery picture in the French Riviera showing the Guests are partying

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Saint Tropez wedding photography contest award winning candid moment in French Riviera during the bridal preparation

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Saint Tropez, French Riviera wedding reception image of Party time with the bride

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Cannes, French Riviera wedding photography | Couple silhouette and a palm tree

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Castel Castelleras Wedding Venue Photographer in French Riviera

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At the Reception in Beaulieu sur Mer, France, a wedding photo was captured in BW of musicians playing the fiddle and violin

Wedding Photography of Musicians at the Reception

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