Wedding Photos of Wave

The following “Wave” 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 “Wave” 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.

A newlywed couple begins to recess from their ceremony at The Belvedere in Baltimore, MD, with a flower girl running alongside them holding her bouquet, while guests cheer and wave colorful streamers in the air.

WEDDING WHIRLWIND: Flower Girl Sprint Sparks Cheery Chaos as Guests Reel in Streamers

Pre-wedding Arraial do Cabo couple photo-session in Rio de Janeiro with crashing waves on the rocks by the ocean behind them

sea crashing waves rocks Arraial do Cabo wave rocks ocean

Outdoor Jequiá da Praia, Alagoas couple engagement photography portrait showing the man and woman are sitting on the sand and a wave arrives near the bride's feet

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Charlestown Breachway, MA environmental engagement e-session - a couple together at beach with wave coming towards them

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Beach loving couple engagement image from North Avenue Beach in Chicago

pre wedding location Chicago Beach loving couple crashing wave north avenue beach Chicago waves

A Seagull photo bomb during an engagement portrait session at York Harbor Beach, York, Maine

seagull York Harbor Beach Casey Durgin pink and white York wave Maine

Western Australia Perth engagement session - A nice photo taken at the beach.

engagement session resulting in A nice photo taken at the beach

perth wave Australia pre wedding portraits black and white beach Jacob Gordon Australia

Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brazil Drone Portraits - Engaged Couple: our wedding date

overhead beach Drone Portraits for Engaged Couple with their wedding date

Brazil Rio de Janeiro engagement photographers date RJ sand drone

Beach Engagement Photography - A couple embrace at last light on the cliffs at Happisburgh in Norfolk, UK

Beach Engagement Photography of A couple embracing at last light on the cliffs at Happisburgh in Norfolk, UK

pre wedding location Happisburgh UK couple wave Rob Dodsworth Happisburgh Norfolk

St Bride's Church, London wedding ceremony photography - Bride waves at the flowergirl as she arrives for the ceremony

St Bride's Church, London wedding ceremony photo of the Bride waving at the flowergirl as she arrives for the ceremony

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Ilhabella couple and the water splash - Beach engagement photos

Ilhabella couple and the water splash for some fun Beach engagement photos

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Umbria destination engagement session | pre-wedding portraits with the couple of getting soaked by crashing waves on the rocks

Umbria pre-wedding portraits with the couple of getting soaked by crashing waves on the rocks

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China bride and groom wave to the guests as they leave in their car

asian bride and groom wave to the guests as they leave in their car

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crashing waves drench this Valencia couple during their engagement session at the beach

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Maharashtra Engagement Photography | Beach Portraits with young couple in the waves

Beach Portraits with young couple in the waves for outdoor Maharashtra Engagement Photography

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Abruzzo bride waves as she and the groom leave the wedding

The bride and groom walked away from the wedding on the boardwalk boat dock, the bride waving goodbye

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Maryland engagement photography sessions at the beach

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Asia photo of the bride waving goodbye to her mother through a rain streaked window

purple hands departure rain Color raindrops Singapore

color transportation window red car wave waving

A black and white photo of a confident page boy, and uncertain flower girl as they walk down the aisle in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

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Brescia wedding photographer gets a black and white shot of the bride waving goodbye out of the car window as they drive away from the ceremony

smiling car Brescia bride glass departure reflecting

Zuid Holland wedding photographer caught the moment that the bride and groom were being wished farewell by a group of kids after the ceremony

Children departure hands windows car boys child

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