Wedding Photos of Illinois

The following “Illinois” 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 “Illinois” 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.

An alternative Illinois wedding portrait of the Evanston bride and groom with a lighthouse, blue sky, and clouds

View this sensitive Evanston wedding image of a couple in hotel lobby with lighting, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Illinois from the WPJA

Evanston wedding image of a couple in hotel lobby with lighting, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Illinois

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View this tasteful Chicago wedding image of a couple at night with a lit building which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Illinois from the WPJA

Chicago wedding image of a couple at night with a lit building which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Illinois

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View this picturesque Chicago Plantarium Couple poses for a portrait with city skyline reflected in the building glass by the water, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Illinois from the WPJA

Chicago Plantarium Couple poses for a portrait with city skyline reflected in the building glass by the water in Illinois

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The Illinois WPJA is proud to award this non traditional Itasca wedding image from The Westin Hotel of an IL groom during outdoor baraat tradition

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Chicago bride and groom to be, dipping for a pre-wedding engagement photo shoot at the South Pond in Lincoln Park at sunset

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The Illinois WPJA is proud to award this non traditional, urban Chicago wedding image of the IL Couple and bridesmaids walking across a street in downtown while on the way to their ceremony

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Artistic Chicago bridal wedding portrait with a glass reflection and big windows looking out to the city skyscrapers

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Illinois wedding art detail picture at the Westin Hotel Itasca showing the brides necklace and dress

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Romantic Chicago wedding portrait at The Joinery showing an IL couple seated at a table in their venue

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A top wedding photographer in Chicago, Illinois captured this picture showing the Couple has just sat down for dinner service and the guests started clinking their glasses

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Black and white Chicago wedding picture of an Illinois groom at the Hotel adjusting his Cufflink

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31st Street Beach, Chicago Illinois Fine Art Engagement Image showing a couple on the beach with a duck

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31st Street Beach, Chicago IL Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait for an engaged couple on the rocks at the beach

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North Avenue Beach, Chicago Artful Engagement Picture for a couple walking in front of the skyline

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North Avenue Beach, Chicago Fine Art Engagement Photos of a couple and the city skyline at dusk

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North Avenue Beach, Chicago Artful Engagement Photography with a couple the the skyline, framed

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North Avenue Beach, Chicago Fine Art Engagement Session showing a couple and the water and a laugh

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Bolingbrook Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait at the Illinois Aviation Museum with a Couple embracing in front of fighter jet

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Peoria, IL Fine Art Engagement Session for a young couple leaning into each other during sunset

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Starved Rock State Park Fine Art Engagement Image in Illinois as The couple is helping each other over a rocky stream while barefoot

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Couple portrait session taken in a wheat field near Starved Rock State Park

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Peoria engagement shoot of couple taking an enthusiastic stroll in front of a fun mural

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Peoria winter pre wedding couple portrait in a snow-packed engagement session

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Chicago, Illinois creative couple wedding portrait of the bride and groom swimming in bokeh bursts

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Chicago, Illinois creative wedding day portrait silhouetted against skyline with a draw bridge

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Chicago, Illinois fine art wedding picture of the groom holding the cross in his hands

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Illinois wedding photography from Ovation Chicago showing the bride getting ready

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Illinois preparations wedding photo from Chicago as the groom and groomsman getting ready

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Downtown Chicago Bridal Party Portrait of the wedding group being captured from above as they cross a city street crosswalk

Artistic Bridal Portrait in Downtown Chicago, Illinois

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