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.

France wedding photo from Romans-sur-Isère of The bride going down the stairs

Florence, Tuscany artistic wedding photo from the Reception venue of the Bride and groom

artistic bride and groom Florence stairs Tuscany Reception Venue Tuscany

Taiwan engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in Hualien showing a Cultural union

forest Hualien stairs Hualien engagement session Taiwan trees

Zagreb, Croatia wedding photography of the groom fixing his shirt and tie as a girl plays on the stairs

Zagreb Daniel Monteiro stairs plays Croatia wedding photo Croatia shirt

Siracusa getting ready wedding photography of the brides dress hanging on stairs indoors

Siracusa wedding detail pic Siracusa Siracusa wedding photo bride indoors getting ready

Tenuta Mocajo, Tuscany wedding Bride and Groom walking up the stairs of a country house while posing for a portrait

The bride and groom were walking up the stairs of a brightly painted country house as they posed for a portrait, celebrating their union

pose Tuscany portrait stairs Tuscany wedding portrait tenuta mocajo Tuscany union

France engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session from below on some stairs in Strasbourg

France FR black and white photo monochrome Black & White bw bw engagement portrait

DC Engagement portrait of a couple coming down the front steps in late afternoon light of the National City Christian Church in Washington DC

Washington DC engagement session pre wedding location Washington DC afternoon Light Washington DC late stairs steps

Marseille Bouches-du-Rhone artistic wedding photo of the sneakers on stairs and a cat

Bouches-du-Rhône Marseille Bouches du Rhone shoes wedding photo stairs cat Daniel Pelcat

Taiwan Stairs pre wedding photography for a young couple engaged

ChiangYuan Hung stairs shadows pre wedding session Taiwan Taiwan engagement photographers Taiwan

The Elvetham wedding picture of the Bride leaving after prep for the cermeony

Prep Bride leaving cermeony stairs Elvetham bride Elvetham bridal photo

Hacienda Siesta ALegre wedding photographer "Use the stairs as a leading line and added a red gel for contrast"

PR Alegre wedding photography contrast Red gel Hacienda Siesta leading line stairs

England wedding Reception venue portrait of the Couple shot on the stairs

England artistic weddings kiss England fine art wedding image Patrick Mateer England england wedding photographer stairs

Finca Constancia, Talavera de la Reina (Toledo) groom stairs portrait in black and white

Finca Constancia black and white Toledo Talavera de la Reina fine art wedding picture Talavera de la Reina Talavera de la Reina artistic wedding photo groom

Artistic wedding photography - A posed wedding shoot in a hotel in Bruges

posed Carolina Mosquera Bruges Bruges wedding photography stairs Bruges artistic wedding photo b/w

Old stairs engagement photography at Cosenza, Italy

pre wedding location Cosenza Cosenza Cosenza engagement session stairs Italy

Strassoldo Castle, Cervignano, Udine, Italy wedding photo of the bride heading down some stairs outside

outside Cervignano Italy Udine Strassoldo Castle bride with groom IT

Netherlands bride descends the stairway at home as she prepares to leave for the wedding ceremony

getting ready Netherlands Netherlands bridal photo Freek Nagtzaam bride netherlands bride stairs

Dinard, France bride going down the stairs before her town hall civil wedding ceremony

Dinard bride and groom France stairs Dinard bride Patrick Lombaert Dinard bridal

creative wedding day portrait of the Bride and groom standing near stairs with a solo plant

stairs Destination Wedding Oaxaca Casa Carmen plant Oaxaca City wedding photography

Gallery steps couple engagement picture session in Philadelphia, PA sitting on the steps overlooking the Philadelphia Museum of Art at sunrise

art Gallery steps pre wedding session Philadelphia sunset stairs Philadelphia Museum

Belgium Wedding Photographer | The parents of the bride (and her palliative dad) watch their daughter come down the stairs on her wedding day

Belgium Wedding Photo showing The parents of the bride watching their daughter come down the stairs on her wedding day

Belgium Belgium fob Belgium bride and father father Belgium brides father stairs bride

Sunlit engagement photos at Piazzale Michelangelo of the couple coming down the stairs in Florence

pre wedding locations Florence Florence stairs Piazzale Michelangelo Florence engagement photos couple shadows

Indoor kids wedding photo from Chiesa delle Stimmate, Roma of the Flower Girls entering the Church

Social Distancing Rome church ceremony kids Rome wedding children coronavirus Rome wedding photography

Indoor wedding photo at the bride's parent's home - Detroit, Michigan of the Bride being seen by bridesmaids for first time

MI Detroit wedding photographer COVID covid19 Detroit bride Detroit stairs

Portopiccolo, Trieste, Italy couple posing on the stairs for pictures in the Lights and shadows

Trieste Italy pre wedding location Portopiccolo Lights Trieste engagement session Portopiccolo

Vietnam Church artistic wedding photo of the bride on spiral stairs with her wedding dress

Vietnam artistic wedding photographer Vietnam Vietnam fine art wedding photo spiral stairs Vietnam fine art wedding photographer Vietnam artistic wedding photography

Slovenia Bride and groom being lighted up by the sun during portrait session Close to wedding reception venue

Slovenia sunlight wedding reception Dejan Zagar bride and groom Slovenia fine art wedding photographer Slovenia artistic wedding photography

Château de la confrérie Saint-Etienne wedding venue artistic wedding photo of a couple Kiss on the stairs

Saint Etienne artistic wedding photographer wedding Saint Etienne artistic wedding photography kissing wedding photo Saint Etienne fine art wedding photographer couple

Kasteel Splederholt wedding portrait of a couple on the stairs with smoke

Beekbergen artistic wedding photography Beekbergen couple veil lond dress stairs Beekbergen artistic wedding photographer

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