Wedding Photos of Stairs

The following “Stairs” 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 “Stairs” 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.

At the stunning Zephyr Palace at Villa Caletas Hotel in Jaco, Costa Rica, the newlyweds posed for a romantic candlelit portrait at the stairs of their wedding reception

A wedding photographer took a romantic, candlelit portrait of the newlyweds at the stairs of their reception venue

A couple's wedding engagement portrait captures the beauty of Istanbul with the young couple reaching and leaning into each other while framed by two doorways covered in bars

The couple's romantic engagement portrait radiates love, capturing the beauty of Istanbul with the two embracing and framed by two doorways adorned with intricate bars

leaning doorways holding hands iron bars stairs Istanbul Istanbul engagement photography

A documentary-style wedding photo captures the bride and her three bridesmaids walking down the stairs at Frimley Hall Hotel & Spa towards the ceremony

At Frimley Hall Hotel & Spa, a documentary wedding photo captures the bride and her bridesmaids walking down the stairs

chandelier Surrey Macdonald Frimley Hall Hotel & Spa stairs bridesmaids Surrey wedding reportage Surrey bride

The couple posed for their save-the-date engagement announcement portrait, happily laughing together while sitting on the stairs in Baeza, Jaén, Spain

Baeza, Jaén, Spain: Engagement Announcement Portrait of Happy Couple on Stairs

laughing Jaén stairs Baeza Engagement Photography Baeza off center framing Spain

A fun and humorous pre-wedding portrait of a couple jumping off of stairs was taken in Cazorla, Jaén, Spain

Cazorla, Jaén, Spain: Pre-Wedding Joy - Couple Jumping Down Stairs

Cazorla stairs Cazorla Engagement Photography holding hands Jaén couple jumping Spain

The bride-to-be and groom-to-be posed for their save-the-date engagement photo in Santorini, with the bride admiring the kneeling groom

Santorini: Romantic sunset setting of bride admiring kneeling groom for save-the-date engagement photo on the all white steps

Santorini traditional wear Santorini engagement photography stairs Santorini Save the Date kneeling groom white

A couple in San Jose, CA is getting ready to tie the knot soon, capturing their excitement with a unique photo shoot in an industrial setting

In San Jose, CA, a couple prepares for their wedding, posing for photos in an industrial location

San Jose stairs California - Northern San Jose engagement session blue sky industrial setting

At the Mansion on Main St in Voorhees, NJ, a couple posed for a portrait on their wedding day, standing on a grand staircase and under a massive chandelier

The couple posed for a portrait on their wedding day at the Mansion under a chandelier on a grand staircase

New Jersey stairs Voorhees Wedding Photography massive chandelier Mansion on Main St Voorhees grand staircase

The engaged couple enjoyed a lifestyle pre-wedding portrait, sipping cocoa in the cold while sitting outdoors on snow covered steps in a winter park setting in Portland, Maine

Portland, Maine: Engaged couple sipping cocoa while sitting on snow-covered steps in a winter scene

Maine Engagement Photographer stairs winter scene sipping cocoa Portland ME Maine snowy

Bride going up the stairs with the groom in the back grabbing the veil at Monserrate Palace in Sintra, Lisbon, Portugal

The groom assists his bride on their journey up the stairs, tenderly holding her veil

Monserrate Palace Sintra stairs Lisbon photographer veil Lisbon black and white

At Fronteira Palace in Lisbon, there was a beautiful soft light on the bride's dress, with a bridesmaid leg moving in the brides direction in this detail shot taken of the steps outdoors

At Fronteira Palace in Lisbon, a detail shot of the bride and bridesmaid gracefully walking the outdoor steps was illuminated by a beautiful soft light

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The bride Siena is descending the stairs, her face hidden by the stairwell, in a stylish black and white image.

The bride's face is artfully obscured as she gracefully descends the stairs in a striking black and white image

Tuscany Region Siena photographer black and white Italy bride descending stairs Siena

This warmly-toned portrait captures a silhouetted couple standing in a portico overlooking a canal in Venice, Italy

This portrait depicts a romantic scene of a couple silhouetted in a portico with a canal in the background

Venice photographer portico IT wedding portrait silhouette IT Venice canal

A couple sit on steps at Lincoln Park in Chicago, IL during a lifestyle portrait session

A high camera angle looking down captures a couple sitting on steps in a park for a lifestyle portrait

Chicago high camera angle stairs sitting on steps steps Chicago engagement photographer Lincoln Park

The Wilmington, DE bride and groom pose for a portrait bathed in the light of the sun, standing on the stairs with a low camera angle

The bride and groom posed for a formal portrait on the stairs under a bright sun

Wilmington DE Delaware Photographer low angle stairs sunlight formal portrait Delaware

In San Jose, California, the couple stands on the stairs overlooking the Tea Ceremony Gifts below, their faces hidden from view

The couple, their faces obscured, observe the Tea Ceremony Gifts from the top of the stairs

San Jose photographer California faces hidden San Jose tea ceremony stairs

The Bride posed in the courtyard near the Reception venue in Foggia, Apulia at sunset, in a combination of shadow and light at the bottom of the stairs outdoors

Foggia, Apulia: Bride at sunset, posed at bottom of stairs outdoors in courtyard near reception venue, in shadows and light

Apulia photographer sunset portrait stairs Apulia Southern Italy sunlight and shadows Foggia

At the Seven Rocks hotel in Kassandra area in Paliouri, Halkidiki Greece, a view from a low angle is quite interesting and the gentle breeze in the girl's hair was very cool

At the hotel, a view from a low angle is quite interesting and the gentle breeze in the girl's hair was very cool

Greece low angle Paliouri Kassandra greece photographer Seven Rocks Hotel bw portrait

At The Warf, Washington DC, a couple embrace on the stairs with nice backlight

At The Wharf, Washington DC, a couple embrace on the stairs with nice backlight

Backlight couple embrace DC photographer Washington DC stairs The Wharf DC

A Granada Couple is Jumping Down Stairs During their Spain Pre-Wedding Photoshoot

stairs Granada Spain Granada photographer Spanish couple jumping downstairs

Silhouette of the couple framed them with a door entrance inside Convento Las Capuchinas Antigua Guatemala

a couple is framed within the door entrance inside Convento Las Capuchinas

Silhouette portrait stairs Guatemala Photographer Guatemala Antigua bw portrait Mauricio Urena

Normandy romantic engagement session at Mont Saint Helene with a Couple walking down the stairs

stairs Charly Fromentin Mont Saint Helene Normandy Photographer walking down stairs Normandy

Cappadocia engagement announcement photo idea in Turkey with arched columns and stairs

formal wear Cappadocia Photographer stairs Cappadocia Turkey arched columns

Tuscany photojournalistic wedding photography at a Siena cathedral capturing two couples crossing each other on the stairway to the church

Siena Tuscany two couples stairs Italy cathedral stairway

Best wedding venue photo from Wilton's Music Hall in London showing bride coming down the stairs

Wiltons Music Hall London Lyndsey Goddard London photographer bride dress stairs descending stairs

Best Oaxaca City wedding venue photography at Jardin Etnobotanico of bride and groom arriving to their wedding reception

stairs Oaxaca Jardin Etnobotanico Oaxaca photographer reception entrance

A Save the Date in New York City. NY portrait of the couple standing and holding each other at the top of stairs at the entrance to the building

New York City photographer top of stairs stairs entrance to building New York City - Metro Andy Madea

She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session in Toulouse showing the France Graphic stairs in BW

Toulouse Toulouse photographer France stairs bw engagement

Engagement Photos Santo Andre. A São Paulo couple pose in the sunlight and shadows of the urban stairs

sunlight São Paulo Santo André sao paulo photographer urban Engagement shadows stairs

Engagement Photos Roxborough State Park. A Littleton, Colorado couple pose as The future Mrs jumps into the arms of her fiancé

Littleton stairs Colorado Gretchen Troop jump into arms Roxborough State Park Littleton photographer

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