Wedding Photos of CA

The following “CA” 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 “CA” 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.

San Francisco Fine Art Engagement Session showing a quiet minute under the dome of the Palace of Fine Arts

Saratoga, CA Pre Wedding Photoshoot w Fine Art Style and The couple in the garden

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Santa Cruz Artful Engagement Photography showing Lovers walking through a flower field on a warm, lovely day in Spring

Santa Cruz Lovers walking spring Santa Cruz couple warm CA

Capitola, CA Fine Art Engagement Session with some Fun by the beach in the sand

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Sunset Cliffs Artful Engagement Picture in San Diego, CA with the beach and waves in the background

CA beach Sunset Cliffs San Diego engagement shoot background CA Sunset Cliffs Engagement Picture

Santa Monica Pier Fine Art Engagement Image in the beach sunlight with a light wind

Santa Monica Pier CA beach Santa Monica couple CA engagement image hair Matei Horvath

San Francisco, CA Artful Engagement Picture in the building columns and stripes of light and shadows

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Malibu Fine Art Engagement Session near the water at sunset in the soft wind

CA sunset CA couple Malibu engagement session Matei Horvath blowing water

Battery Spencer, CA engaged couple picture session at the Golden Gate Bridge

Tyler Vu CA engaged couple bay area photographer Golden Gate Bridge CA Battery Spencer

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

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Pasadena couple portrait in the fields during the late afternoon light

CA Pasadena couple portrait California late afternoon pasadena fields

Baker Beach, San Francisco couple portrait at the golden hour

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Bakers Beach, San Francisco pre wedding portrait session with a flying kite

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San Jose, California couple portraits in a field of March spring mustard

California California couple portraits field CA Tyler Vu mustard spring

Sunset Cliffs, San Diego portrait session for a California engagement shoot at the beach

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San Francisco, California mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day while Romancing in the city

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Downtown Los Angeles, California Angels Flight engagement image created before the wedding day

Angels Flight CA engagement image Downtown Los Angeles California CA

Tahoe City, CA bride and groom laugh and smile while eyeing the groom's ring during a snowy, outdoor ceremony at Granlibakken Resort

garden weddings Nicky Byrnes open air wedding bride and groom ring groom laugh

Chinatown, San Francisco, CA small indoor photo session with the formal wear couple before the wedding day

Chinatown San Francisco CA indoor photo session formal wear

Los Gatos engaged couple Enjoying the quiet time and gourmet coffee during pre-wed shoot

Under roof CA indoors coffee shop Los Gatos engagement photographer Los Gatos inside portraits

San Francisco Lovebirds engaged couple ascending urban escalator during pre-wed session

San Francisco CA SF couple portraits concrete jungle urban city

Napa engaged couple nightfall portrait session with just the two of us

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San Francisco Romance pre-wed portrait session on a steep city street with awesome view of the bay

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San Francisco Sweet couple by the mossy sea cliff during a pre-wed portrait session

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San Francisco city's night view is romantic and mesmerizing during this pre-wed portrait photo shoot

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San Francisco city street Back hug on the art-filled street for a pre-wed portrait

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Wedding photograph from Oakland of a toast to the bride and groom

CA bride and groom Outdoor wedding photo Oakland toast

California wedding photography from San Jose, California of the bride and groom's first dance, swing dance style

swing dance California wedding photo San Jose style CA Tyler Vu bride and groom

Granlibakken Resort wedding image of the groom, perched on his friend's shoulders, dances as the Ohio State mascot kicks a leg up in the air in Tahoe City, CA

Nicky Byrnes kicks Ohio State mascot Granlibakken Resort wedding Tahoe City groom perched

Chinatown, San Francisco CA couple Basketball Diary during a pre-wed portrait shoot

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