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The following “Arches” 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 “Arches” 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.

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Capturing a session in Venice, Italy, this monochromatic engagement portrait features a couple walking under the arches of Palazzo Ducale, emanating a timeless vintage charm.
Venetian Elegance: Vintage Romance Under the Palazzo Ducale Arches
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A romantic engagement portrait captured in Venice, Italy, depicts a couple embraced under the arch of Palazzo Ducale, with repeating arches pattern overhead.
Elegant Embrace Under Palazzo Ducale Archway: Venice Engagement Portrait
Venice engagement photographyrepeating archesarchitectureVenicearchesPalazzo DucalePattern
A stunning silhouette of a couple on their wedding day at Villa Parker reception venue, backlit with a warm orange gel light against a backdrop of three elegant arches. A romantic and dreamy scene capturing the love and beauty of the special day.
Ethereal Elegance: Silhouetted Love at Villa Parker
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In Udine, Italy, the couple strolls together in front of an illuminated roof. Glowing lights accentuate the building arches, creating a warm and enchanting ambiance. Hand in hand, they smile, immersed in the romantic glow.
Enchanting Romance: A Stroll Through Illuminated Beauty in Udine, Italy
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At Schlösser Utenberg, this engagement shoot features a beautiful architectural setting. The couple is symmetrically framed under three building arches, creating a captivating and timeless scene.
Schlösser Utenberg: Captivating Symmetry in an Architectural Engagement Portrait
symmetrical portraitSwitzerlandarchesSwitzerland engagement sessionSchlösser UtenbergtimelessSwiss couple
In Casole d'Elsa, Siena, Tuscany, this engagement portrait during the Tuscan Winter features the couple standing near building arches. The sunlight delicately illuminates the shaded area, creating a captivating interplay of light and shadow.
Tuscan Winter Romance: Engagement Bliss in Casole d'Elsa, Siena
SienaarchesTuscanysunlight and shadowsCasole dElsasunlitSiena engagement portrait
A couple poses in separate patches of light, sharing a portrait session at Schloss Schwetzingen on their wedding day
A Perfectly Illuminated Love: Captivating Wedding Portraits at Schloss Schwetzingen
archesSchloss Schwetzingenpatches of lightBaden-WurttembergSchwetzingen wedding portrait
A couple strolling through the ivy-covered arches at Palacio de los Cordova, Granada, Spain, on their wedding day
Romantic Rendezvous: Wedding Bliss amidst Ivy-Covered Arches at Palacio de los Cordova, Granada, Spain
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A couple embraces the timeless beauty of Hampstead Heath Pergola in London, sitting serenely among the arches, basking in the soft shadows
Romantic Embrace: Captivating Engagement Portrait amidst Hampstead Heath Pergola's Timeless Splendor
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A couple poses outside of the Boston Public Library, framed by majestic columns and arches
Embracing Elegance: Lovebirds Discover Timeless Beauty at the Boston Public Library
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In a romantic setting in Baeza, Jaén, a couple's silhouetted bodies are beautifully framed in a doorway, with a splash of blue light enhancing the dreamy ambiance during their engagement photo shoot
Love's Luminous Embrace: A Captivating Engagement Amid Baeza's Scenic Splendor
Baezaframed in doorwaySilhouetted couplearchesJaénblue lightJaen Engagement Photography
The engagement portrait was taken at Ledson Winery in Kenwood, Sonoma, capturing the couple within the vineyard's stunning arches, while the groom-to-be delightedly observed his partner twirling with joy
Capturing Love and Joy: Stunning Engagement Portraits at Ledson Winery in Kenwood, Sonoma
Sonoma Engagement Photographyframed in archesLedson WineryKenwoodarchesSonoma
The engagement portrait captures the couple in a unique perspective, framed perfectly under the arches of the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco, California
A Captivating Engagement Portrait: Embracing Love Under the Arches of the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco, California
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A couple from Baeza, Jaén, Spain is seen standing in a courtyard, with architectural arches serving as the backdrop, in their engagement portrait
Engagement Portrait of Baeza, Jaén Couple in Beautiful Courtyard Setting
symmetricalarched architectureJaen PreWedding PhotographyJaénarchescourtyardSpain
The couple tenderly embraced on the lush Saratoga greens, beaming with dreams of a future together
Saratoga Greens: A couple's tender embrace and dreams of a future together
SaratogaarchesCalifornia - Northernsaratoga engagement photographygreen lawn
The engaged couple are pictured standing close to each other in front of the grand arches of the beautiful Benedictine complex of the Abbey of Sant'Angelo in Orsara di Puglia
Orsara di Puglia Engagement: Happy couple poses in front of Benedictine complex at Abbey of Sant'Angelo
Foggiakiss on headOrsara di PugliaFoggia Engagement PortraitarchesAbbey of SantAngelo
The couple posed for a pre-wedding photo session while sitting close together on a bench outside the walls of the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey
Pre-Wedding Photoshoot on Bench Outside Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey
Suleymaniye MosqueIstanbulbencharchesIstanbul Engagement Portraitsitting together
The couple's wedding day portrait was captured at the stunning Chateau de Farcheville in France, featuring a romantic indoor pool where they shared their love in a symmetrical water portrait session.
Farcheville Forever: A Water Portrait Symphony of Love at a French Chateau Wedding
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This loving couple's wedding engagement portrait at Crémieu, France is truly special, set against a backdrop of shadows and sunshine playing off a beautiful stone wall
This romantic lifestyle engagement portrait of a soon-to-be-married couple in Crémieu, France captures a special moment in time with dynamic light creating an enchanting atmosphere
stone wallarchesCrémieusunlight and shadowsdynamic lightCremieu Engagement PhotographyIsere
A Cambridge, United Kingdom couple posed in the sunlight on a bridge for their engagement announcement portrait
Cambridge, UK Engagement Announcement Portrait: Couple on Bridge in Sunlight
United Kingdomuk engagement photographysunlightbridgearchesCambridge UK
A couple portrait in San Galgano Tuscany featuring a romantic kiss, symmetrical framing and an epic landscape makes for a beautiful lifestyle portrait session
A romantic couple is kissing inside of the historic arches in an old stone building, captured in a symmetrical lifestyle portrait
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The bride is gracefully posed on top of the arches at the Chateau de St trys, making for a beautiful wedding portrait
The bride walks atop the arches, creating an exquisite wedding portrait
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She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session in Seville, Spain with a silhouetted couple near a blue light and the blue sky
She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session in Seville, Spain with a silhouetted couple near a blue light and the blue sky
Seville Photographerblue lightSevilleblue skySpainarches
A Save the Date in Siena. Borgo San Felice portrait of a couple Posing at the entrance of their suite
A Save the Date in Siena. Borgo San Felice portrait of a couple Posing at the entrance of their suite
archesSiena photographerBorgo San FeliceSiena
An after the wedding proposal engagement picture session in Cesme, Izmir, Turkey under blue painted arches
An after the wedding proposal engagement picture session in Cesme, Izmir, Turkey under blue painted arches
İzmirCesmearchesframed in archesIzmir photographerTurkey
Dramatic Palazzo Vecchio, Galleria Uffizi wedding image of this Florence bride and groom under the arches of the gallery of the uffizi, the couple is in a point of light, a ray that illuminates the two lovers like a beacon, while the look of her is lost
Dramatic Palazzo Vecchio, Galleria Uffizi wedding image of this Florence bride and groom under the arches of the gallery of the uffizi, the couple is in a point of light, a ray that illuminates the two lovers like a beacon, while the look of her is lost
Palazzo VecchioPalazzo Vecchio bride and groomarchesTuscanyDramaticraypoint of light
Outdoor Venice, Italy couple engagement photography portraits Under the arches of Palazzo Ducale
Outdoor Venice, Italy couple engagement photography portraits Under the arches of Palazzo Ducale
Palazzo DucaleAria di FotoItaly couplearchesOutdoor Veniceengagement portrait
An alternative Spain wedding portrait of the Cordoba bride and groom at Patios de Viana with a yellow light, silhouettes and building arches
An alternative Spain wedding portrait of the Cordoba bride and groom at Patios de Viana with a yellow light, silhouettes and building arches
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Greenwich Old Naval College, London environmental couple pre wedding image with amazing arches and the couple under them whilst also keeping them the main focal point while both holding flash and pointing it up
Greenwich Old Naval College, London environmental couple pre wedding image with amazing arches and the couple under them whilst also keeping them the main focal point while both holding flash and pointing it up
Greenwich couple pictureflasharchesPre Wedding ImageLondon wedding photographyGreenwichOld Naval College
Artistic Zhejiang Wedding Day Portrait in China of the bride under a building with many arches
Artistic Zhejiang Wedding Day Portrait in China of the bride under a building with many arches
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