Wedding Photos of Historical

The following “Historical” 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 “Historical” 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 beautiful wedding couple posing in front of the DC War Memorial in Washington DC on their special day, a timeless and elegant photograph showcasing love and dedication in a historical setting.

Romantic Wedding Couple Embracing at the DC War Memorial in Washington DC

A couple engages in a joyful interaction, capturing the essence of their relationship. Against the backdrop of a historical French city, they laugh together, rim lit, and silhouetted against the setting sun.

CAPTURING LAUGHTER | ENGAGEMENT SESSION IN HISTORICAL FRENCH CITY

Isere Photography Isere sunlight setting sun engagement session couple laughter filled engagement photo

Epic Shanghai, China engagement image created as The couple were riding on a historical train

urban city china couple Engagement Picture historical Shanghai train

Istanbul, Turkey on-location portrait e-shoot for a couple portrait with historical background

Turkey portrait historical Istanbul couple portrait Turkey Nilufer Nalbantoglu Istanbul symmetry

A France couple at the top of the building for an artistic engagement portrait shoot

geometric historical building France architecture artistic engagement shoot France engagement photography

Istanbul, Turkey couple during a pre-wed portrait photo session

symmetrical istanbul engagement photo building Nilufer Nalbantoglu historical architecture Turkey

Vienna engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session at the Park of Laxenburg - Lower Austria of a Couple at Temple of Diana

Michele Agostinis architecture building Lower Austria geometric historical Temple of Diana

Virginia engagement photo shoot at Harpers Ferry - The Couple chose the beautiful old town to tell their story

Nam Trinh historical virginia engagement photography building symmetrical architecture VA

Turkey pre wedding picture session with engaged lovers in Istanbul, Turkey for a couple portrait with historical background

Istanbul geometric Nilufer Nalbantoglu building architecture Turkey columns

Turkey pre-wedding photo shoot with a couple creatively framed in Istanbul, Suleymaniye

framed Istanbul historical architecture building sultanahmet

IT pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers before building columns in Venice

historical venice columns symmetrical architecture geometric Venice

FR pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple in Vendee, France with a man on a lighthouse

architecture geometric Vendee Audrey Morisson building vendee lighthouse historical

China engagement photo shoot at the Forbidden City

architecture Forbidden City red building historical china engagement photo China

Siracusa pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers during the Spring in Sicily

building symmetrical architecture Sicily Siracusa historical

Engagement Photo Session with a couple in front of a historical Turkish market

historical Turkish market Turkey e shoot Turkey engagement photos photo session Turkey engagement photographer

Engagement Photography Session from Philadelphia, PA - Love is in the air at Philadelphia's historical Merchant Exchange Building

Love is in the air at this historical Merchant Exchange Building portrait session

Philadelphia couple photo historical love PA Philadelphia Ron Soliman Merchant Exchange Building

Engagement Photos from Turkey Cappadocia pre wedding session in a cave

architecture cave symmetrical Cappadocia ruins hands reaching Cappadocia

Gantry Plaza State Park Engagement Photos | Couple's portrait in Long Island City

historical architecture columns LI wedding couple LI pre wed engagement session Denis Gostev building

Singapore Engagement Photographer said: Singapore has a lot of interesting structure and these giant trees attracted to me. I decided to shoot these trees with couple.

Singapore Singapore pre wed engagement session Singapore wedding couple historical treehouses building

Just a beauty shot. But using the pillars it just felt classy

historical PA PA pre wed engagement session Cescaphe Waterworks symmetrical architecture

Engaged couple kisses in front of the main entrance of the Appeal Court historical building during pre wedding photo shoot

Bucharest Appeal Court symmetrical Bucharest pre wed historical building architecture

Hanul Lui Manuc Bucharest Photo Shoot - This couple hugs on the stairs of historical building in Bucharest

Hanul lui manuc building architecture Bucharest wedding couple symmetrical trees

casal emoldurado pre wedding portraits

columns Laguna geometric Laguna pre wedding portrait architecture Brazil Willian Mariot

Vrtba Garden staircase portrait session with newly engaged couple

Vrtba engagement session historical columns symmetrical building Vrtba pre wed

Hvězdárna a Planetárium Brno Portrait Shoot with engaged couple under the dome

Hvězdárna a Planetáruim Brno Portrait Shoot with engaged couple under the dome

geometric Brno engagement photo building Brno historical architecture

Engagement portrait of a couple at a New England lighthouse in MA

MA pre wedding portrait New England lighthouse architecture building MA

Nobska Lighthouse, Falmouth, MA engagement portrait session at sunset

MA building Nobska Lighthouse Falmouth historical Sky Falmouth pre wedding portrait

A bus full of tourists is making the tour of the historical center

IT Salvo Moroni tour Sicily wedding Catania Sicily Sicily newlyweds

A couple during their very sexy night time engagement photo session at Prague Castle

Prague Prague pre wedding portrait castle Prague Castle columns Prague engagement photo symmetrical

Engagement portraits with a couple at Vizcaya Museum, Miami, Florida

symmetrical Miami pre wed building stairs Miami architecture

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