Wedding Photos of California bride and groom

The following “California bride and groom” 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 “California bride and groom” 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.

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An outstanding South Lake Tahoe wedding picture with this California bride and groom at a Private House with lights overhead

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An outstanding San Francisco wedding picture with this Northern California bride and groom created as a bird flies under the concrete structure

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Great wedding photography of the couple at Sunset Cliffs in San Diego, California shortly after the bride and groom had their elopement ceremony

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An original Pescadero wedding couple portrait from Northern California created as the bride and groom stand near a soft toned wall

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A sophisticated Los Angeles wedding portrait of the California - Southern couple created while the photographer was Playing with light and glass to create a multi effect

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Romantic Mendocino wedding portrait at the Switzer Farm of the California - Northern Bride and groom in the garden

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California wedding photo from the palm event center of speeches during the reception at the venue

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San Jose, California wedding image of the groom eating the last piece of cake on bride's nose

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South Lake Tahoe, California Silhouette photo of the couple sitting down, enjoying a calm Tahoe sunset

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The outline of the bride and groom can be seen through the branches of a cherry tree at night in this black and white documentary-style wedding photo by an award-winning Lake Tahoe, CA photographer

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