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.

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

Venice Engagement Photos. Italian couple sharing a kiss after a surprise proposal

surprise proposal stairs Venice photographer Venice share a kiss Italy

A romantic engagement session in Lyon, France with a couple sitting on steps with soft lighting

France Lyon photographer stairs soft lighting Lyon couple sitting on steps Jessica Evrard

Colorado post proposal portraits from a Fort Collins engagement session for a Couple sitting on wrought iron stairs

fort collins engagement photography Mark Creery stairs wrought iron railing Fort Collins Colorado Fort Collins couple

San Francisco couples lifestyle portrait black and white photography as the two descend the spiral stairs

spiral spiral stairs stairs San Francisco San Francisco couple bw

Chesterton couples lifestyle portrait photography in Indiana for a beach engagement session and they decided to just sit on the stairs and enjoy the remainder of the sunset

Chesterton IN IN photography stairs Indiana lifestyle portrait Indiana Indiana engagement session Chesterton couple

Atlanta lifestyle couples portrait session at Piedmont Park, Georgia in BW by the stairs with an umbrella

park Atlanta lifestyle couple Atlanta Georgia ga portrait session Piedmont

A National Gallery of Art lifestyle photo session with a backlit couple on the iconic stairs of the Gallery in Washington DC

gallery DC lifestyle photo session DC couple Gallery of Art backlit stairs

A Massachusetts couple poses during a Boston Seaport lifestyle portrait photography session at home on the indoor stair landing

Massachusetts at home indoor Boston Boston photography session stairs

Lovere lifestyle couples photography at Lake Iseo in Lombardy, Italy as they stand on the stairs with ornamental railings

Lovere Lucio Zogno Italy stairs standing on stairs ornamental railing Lombardy

A Colorado Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, urban portrait of this Des Moine couple sitting on some stairs in formal wear

Iowa sitting Des Moine formal wear IA stairs urban

A California Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, adventurous portrait of this San Francisco couple walking upstairs surrounded by flowers and the beach

stairs flowers San Francisco California Engagement Photographer beach walking

A Vendee Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic portrait of this Santorini couple sitting on a very clean, white area on stairs

Jeremie Sangare stairs sitting Santorini couple clean posing Santorini

A great wedding day image from the Cappadocia Turkey Museum Hotel showing the Bride going up the stairs while groom is waiting for her

groom hotel Cappadocia weddings Cappadocia Museum Turkey wedding day Museum Hotel

An impressive Colle Aluffi wedding image of the Rieti couple in Italy for a creative portrait using flash for illuminate the groom

Colle Aluffi wedding image Lazio Rieti couple flash stairs IT bridal

A top featured image from Colshaw Hall in Cheshire among the best wedding photography showing the Bride walking down stairs

Cheshire Cheshire wedding photography Colshaw Hall Cheshire bride Colshaw Hall walking stairs

Best Nottinghamshire documentary wedding photojournalism image from The Old Vicarage Hotel, Southwell showing the Dad seeing his daughter coming down the stairs

mirror daughter Dad Southwell bride stairs Nottinghamshire documentary wedding

A Rotterdam elegant, stylish BW wedding day detail picture at Hotel New York showing The bride walking down the stairs and gets a nice view of her long veil

Netherlands bride walking Rotterdam stylish stairs bw Rotterdam weddings

An outstanding Château de Beaujeu wedding picture with this Sens-Beaujeu, France bride and groom at the castle

france bride and groom Chateau de Beaujeu Sens Beaujeu wedding venue stairs Gaelle Caré castle Château de Beaujeu wedding picture

A creative Agen, France pre wedding session for a couple kissing under the cloud and sky at the top of the stairs

cloud stairs low angle Agen couple Agen Sky

World's best creative wedding portrait photography from Patapsco Female Institute, Ellicott City MD during a Bridal portrait session on the stairs

MD photography Ellicott City MD Bridal portrait session Brittany Diliberto stairs Patapsco Female Institute Maryland wedding portrait

World's most innovative and best France wedding photography of the bride holding her wedding rings in her hand before going to the ceremony

wedding rings before ceremony french bride hat France wedding photography stairs hand

World's most artistic and best wedding couple portraits from Demissos Hotel in Cappadocia of the Bride and groom kissing on the hotels stairs and her bridal gown floating on air

Demissos Hotel hotel bridal stairs Turkey kissing

World's best creative wedding portrait photography from Sevilla in BW of the Dress detail on elegant stairs

Sevilla bride and groom BW of the wedding Dress Spain photography detail stairs elegant Andalusia

World's most visionary and best wedding photography from San Clemente Hotel Kempinski, Venice, Italy of the The bride walking down the stairs with her dress and veil flowing behind her

Venice Venice bridal session Italy walking San Clemente Hotel Kempinski Hotel Kempinski veil flowing

World's top and most original wedding photography from Chateau des Chézeaux, Indre as the Women prepare for the floor out of sight

Indre wedding photography Gaelle Caré indoors Women prepare stairs Indre weddings Chateau des Chézeaux

This Nevada wedding photojournalism picture is a first rate example of what candid, nontraditional Henderson wedding photography looks like, as the bride's father walks her down the stairs to her outdoor ceremony at Green Valley Ranch and Spa

Green Valley walks brides father Nevada wedding photojournalism ranch Henderson candid

A Nottingham wedding reportage photographer captured this moment at Holme Pierrepont Hall showing the Bride falls down stairs

Holme Pierrepont Hall Bride falls Nottingham Nathan Walker Nottingham wedding reportage stairs Nottingham photographer

This France wedding photojournalism picture is a top quality example of what candid, nontraditional Metz wedding photography looks like, as the Bride is going down the stairs after getting ready

stairs Metz wedding photography hanging dress Metz french bride Lucille Gaumard getting ready

Venice romantic engagement image of a couple sitting on the stairs at Chiesa di San Lorenzo

Florence Venice engagement image Italy IT romantic church Italy photographer

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