Wedding Photos of Driftwood

The following “Driftwood” 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 “Driftwood” 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.

This engagement portrait captures the beautiful Punta Penna lighthouse at dusk, located on the Abruzzo coast in Italy, with a unique tee pee structure made from driftwood on the beach

Twilight Tryst at Punta Penna: Love Illuminates the Italian Coast with a Driftwood Delight

A couple sits inside a teepee-like structure made of driftwood on the coast of Abruzzo in Italy, illuminated by candle and tea lights at dusk, near the Punta Penna lighthouse

Teepee Bliss: Driftwood Hideaway Embraces Romance under Abruzzo's Coastal Glow

Abruzzo Punta Penna Lighthouse candle Abruzzo Engagement Session teepee tea lights driftwood

The happy couple posed for their engagement photo in San Francisco, strolling along the beach with her balance beam walking on driftwood holding his hand

Engagement photos on the beach in San Francisco: A joyful couple balance on driftwood

balance beam holding hands San Francisco driftwood San Francisco engagement session

This romantic wedding image captures the couple in a drone shot over the ocean at Help Beach in Fethiye, Turkey, with driftwood

This bird's-eye view of a romantic wedding over the ocean, featuring driftwood, is captured in this image

Help Beach and Yacht Club Fethiye lying down ocean Turkey Help Beach driftwood

Herault engagement photography portfolio image with a Montpellier couple kissing on a sandy beach near driftwood

Herault Montpellier sunset portrait driftwood couple kissing sandy beach

chambers bay engagement photo shoot - couple walk on the beach at chambers bay

high angle above angle beach lying down chambers bay pre wedding portrait driftwood aerial shot

Creative Engagement Photo Session with beach and a blanket

Washington blanket overhead beach Olympia sand

The California couple is standing and woven into driftwood at the water's edge near sunset time

The couple's bold composition, standing woven into driftwood at the water's edge with a golden sunset glow, symbolizes their love and connection amidst the beauty and magic of the natural world

waters edge California sunset glow golden sunset driftwood California engagement photography

Groningen couple embraced in a BW portrait session on the beach sand

A loving couple embraced in a pre-marriage portrait session on the beach, their broad smiles shining through their light jackets. Sitting atop driftwood, they basked in the joy of the time spent together.

bw portrait Groningen Engagement Photography Groningen smiles beach engagement driftwood

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