Wedding Photos of Urban

The following “Urban” 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 “Urban” 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.

Decatur Square Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait in Georgia with a Playful couple leaning

Istanbul Artful Engagement Picture at sunset under the trees

sunset city town Istanbul istanbul couple trees

Chicago Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait on bridge over Chicago river

Chicago couple town IL city bridge streets

Acicastello Pre Wedding Photoshoot in a Fine Art Style during sunset in Sicily

city contrast sunset Acicastello sicily couple urban

Ottawa, Ontario Artful Engagement Picture of a couple Posing under the parking garage lights for a slightly different engagement photograph

concrete Viara Mileva ottawa couple Ontario streets urban city

Houston, TX Fine Art Engagement Session under the urban, concrete bridge

Houston Houston couple bridge Texas TX city Texas photographer

Val d'Orcia Fine Art Engagement Session for a couple in the city sitting On the stairs

stairs urban steps streets porch Tuscany photographer

Phuket, Thailand Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait during Dusk hours at night

town Phuket photographer Phuket dusk Night city

Phuket Pre Wedding Photoshoot in a Fine Art Style against a pink lit wall with painted art

streets Thailand Phuket photographer Phuket Night town

Astoria, New York Pre Wedding Photoshoot in a Fine Art Style for a Lean on me...a rom-com movie poster parody

urban New York Pre Wedding Photoshoot lean parody movie poster New York Casey Fatchett

Henderson pre-wed portrait with A couple night with street and car lights

night portrait car lights street engagement Henderson engagement photo Henderson urban

Burano pre - wed image with some urban hugs, Smiles and colors

hugs colorful buildings urban architecture Burano

Wilmington, VT couple engagement pic session of a couple enjoying a glorious Vermont fall day

bricks foliage city urban town Wilmington fall

Bordeaux engagement picture session of a playful couple

Audrey Morisson streets town urban Bordeaux Bordeaux photographer city

Ho Chi Minh City urban pic shoot before the wedding day with a lit umbrella and the night city skyline

silhouette Vietnam Wedding Photography skyline Huy Che Hoang umbrella Vietnam contrast

Piran, Slovenija urban pic shoot before the wedding day and the couple In love with the view of the town

Slovenia photographer view Piran Slovenia streets urban

Portopiccolo, Trieste, Italy urban pic shoot before the wedding day with the couple Walking down the stairs

steps town Trieste Portopiccolo Portopiccolo wedding photographer Italy couple

Peoria engagement shoot of couple taking an enthusiastic stroll in front of a fun mural

town Peoria streets Illinois stroll Peoria couple mural

San Francisco black and white couple portrait as the metro train passes by

black and white city metro bw monochrome train

The High Line Park urban couple portrait on city stairway

urban stairway Casey Fatchett High Line Park park stiff city

SoHo, New York City mural art couple portrait

nyc urban SoHo SoHo photographer wall painting Casey Fatchett New York City couple portrait

Arts District, DTLA urban couple portrait while going for a stroll

stroll LA engagement photographer Los Angeles Arts District DTLA DTLA CA couple portrait

London urban couple portrait silhouetted in front of the Shard

umbrella Shard bw London black and white London documentary wedding photographer urban

Downtown St Paul pre wedding urban BW shoot as the Couple does karate

bw monochrome black and white St Paulk bw karate

Cappadocia, Turkey mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with a tender kiss against a big wall in the sunshine

big wall Cappadocia engagement shoot Cappadocia tender kiss Cappadocia pre wedding Turkey

hagia sophia, istanbul, turkey mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with center framing and the city buildings behind

Istanbul city buildings hagia sophia pre wedding Turkey center framing hagia sophia hagia sophia engagement shoot

Suleymaniye, Istanbul, Turkey mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day on the roof with birds flying overhead near the clouds

urban flying roof Suleymaniye engagement shoot Turkey birds clouds

Ponferrada, Spain mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day in black and white with Under roof backlight

Under roof black and white Backlight ponferrada urban Ponferrada couple shoot

LaSalle Street Bridge mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with some Cuddling on the city bridge

LaSalle Street Bridge Chicago pre wedding Cuddling city bridge Chicago engagement shoot urban

Sintra city center, Lisboa, Portugal mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with some posing on a balcony of an old house in the village

old house Lisboa urban Lisboa pre wedding Sintra city center posing

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