Wedding Photos of Overhead

The following “Overhead” 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 “Overhead” 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.

LOVELY COUPLE PORTRAIT SESSION IN A SWEET AFTERNOON

Siracusa engagement portraits on a sailboat - Shooting love from air

over top high angle Siracusa pre wedding portrait water sailboat aerial shot

TAORMINA - ITALY BLACK AND WHITE PRE WEDDING PORTRAIT SHOOT

hugs Shoot Tight Tenderness tightly cropped high angle overhead over shoulder

University of Delaware Portrait Session in a Small Boat on the Water.

reflection row boat high angle aerial shot Delaware pre wedding portrait boat

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

chambers bay chambers bay pre wedding portrait over top sand drone aerial shot above angle

Brazil engagement photographer caught this prewedding portrait of a couple cuddling in a canoe

Goiás pre wedding portrait aerial shot Brazil reflection overhead lying down

Venezuela Engagement Photos - Caracas couple lying in the grass and kissing

aerial shot tightly cropped Caracas pre wedding portrait high angle Caracas above angle

Fujian, China Pre-Wedding Engagement Portrait

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Turkey engagement session with a Russian couple at Cappadocia

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Brno Couple on the blooming meadow during engagement photo shoot session

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A drone shot of the bride and groom lying in the courtyard of the Skyland Manor

The bride and groom luxuriate in a romantic embrace, their union captured in a sweeping drone shot of Skyland Manor's picturesque courtyard

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Hossegor engagement pre wedding session in black and white

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Hendaye engagement pre wedding session shot overhead looking down

Hendaye engagement photos Hendaye details over top Shoot Tight black and white tightly cropped

Officers Gulch Engagement Session - Photographed from the sky while laying on the rocks at Officers Gulch

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Peru Lima Lovers pose for engagement pre wedding shoot

Peru above angle over top touch Lima Lima pre wedding portrait

Seattle, Washington e-session - Couple kissing on the sand

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The bride and groom were filled with anticipation as they prepared to have their first look from an overhead angle on their wedding day

The couple beamed with joy as they shared their first glance from above

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The bride's long veil trails behind her as she and her father walk down the aisle

Florence church wedding bride father walk down the aisle Florence Donatella Barbera Florence wedding photography

Hoi An love engagement picture session in a boat on the water

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A young boy watches the YueYang ceremony from above in this photo by a Hunan, China documentary wedding photographer.

A young boy watches the wedding ceremony from above in this photo

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couple jumping up in green fields

Nanping engagement photographer Nanping pre wedding portraits Nanping overhead Nanping e shoot grass field

Boulder, CO backyard Engaged couple portrait on trampoline with holi powder

overhead over top colorado engagement photos trampoline Backyard CO above angle

Lisbon Alfama district for overhead engagement portrait

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wedding venue photography from overhead of the First dance

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Torreglia Wedding Photographer - The bride before getting into the church

Wedding Photography of The bride before getting into the church

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This engaged couple relax next to the water at sunset during their engagement shoot in Santorini

sea high angle beach lying down Santorini wedding engagement above angle Santorini

A couple stands against a building in Edmonton in front of tall windows in this engagement photo by an Alberta, Canada photographer.

Edmonton alberta engagement photos lying down tall windows above angle overhead Canada

The Engaged couple sit and smile during their Pre-wedding session

above angle aerial overhead Goiás engagement photos high angle sitting down

An Engaged couple during their Pre-wedding shoot in Casarão Serra do Ouro

Casarão Serra do Ouro Brazil engagement photos lying down over top above angle brazil wedding engagement aerial

Brno Portrait of a Couple on the blooming meadow

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