Wedding Photos of California couple

The following “California couple” 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 couple” 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 pre-wedding engagement portrait capturing a California couple near San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate Bridge. Joined by their exuberant canine companion, they stroll along the serene shoreline, with the flat waters serving as a picturesque background.

California Engagement Portrait at the Golden Gate Bridge | The Blissful Couple, Their Canine Sidekick, and the Shoreline

The couple pose for a wedding portrait, as the trees of Redwoods National Park in California transform them into a stunning silhouette of intertwined ferns

Redwoods National Park, California: Wedding portrait captured amidst stunning silhouette of intertwined ferns

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A lifestyle engagement portrait session in Los Gatos for a California couple with a cute husky dog stealing the attention

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San Francisco engagement photography portfolio image with a California couple posing beneath the Golden Gate Bridge

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San Francisco post proposal photography showing a smiling Northern California couple showing sweet smiles and the look of love

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Laguna Beach post proposal portraits from a Southern California couple engagement session for a Couple kissing on a rock as the sun sets over the Pacific Ocean

Laguna beach California - Southern Laguna Beach Photographer Kate Hampson Laguna Beach Sunset Portrait California couple couple kissing

Breathtaking San Jose wedding image of a California couple embracing and showing their love by the sea on the cliffs above the water

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World's most artistic and best wedding portraits from San Diego, California of the Couple in front of water fountain near the beach

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San Francisco prewedding engagement session capturing the nature of a couple as they embrace on the beach with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background

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Carmel, California couple e-shoot in BW in The trees and forest on the woods

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Saratoga, California couple e-shoot Before the groom is deployed by the military

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Fallen Leaf Lake, California couple e-session smiling at each other in the fall

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Emerald Bay, California couple e-shoot, formally dress, the man lovingly kisses the forehead of his beloved

Emerald Bay engagement formally dress beloved Emerald Bay kisses

Artistic San Francisco wedding portrait in California - Southern at the park with smoke bombs

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Hollywood wedding photography contest award winning gallery picture from The Lombardi House in California showing The bride and groom walking down the isle after being married by their best friend

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Surreal West Lake Tahoe wedding portrait of a California - Northern Couple down by the lake with epic clouds above them

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True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at Moss Beach in California capturing a couple with that glow in their eyes

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Big Basin, California forest pre wedding shoot

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San Francisco Bakers Beach, California | Engagement picture looking like a Guess Jeans Ad

Beach Engagement picture looking like a Guess Jeans Ad

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Couple's family blesses them during their ceremony

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Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga Engagement Portrait at the stairs with trees

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California couple walking cobblestone sidewalk in sunshine before their wedding

A young couple walking cobblestone sidewalk in sunshine before their wedding

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California couple embracing on the rocky beach near the Golden Gate Bridge

Nature loving couple embracing on the rocky beach near the Big Bridge

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California couple walking by the water puddle and reflected in a creative engagement picture

Fun loving couple walking by the water puddle and reflected in a creative engagement picture

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California couple embracing in the dark tones of a BW creative engagement session

Artsy couple embracing in the dark tones of a BW creative engagement session

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A couple gets launched in chairs at their wedding reception party in Santa Barbara, California.

A couple gets launched in hora chairs at their wedding reception party in Santa Barbara, California

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Malibu, California couple enter their outdoor wedding reception - Bride and Groom Grand Entrance

Sunset Splendor: A Malibu Couple's Grand Entrance to Happily Ever After

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Solvang, California wedding photojournalism image of a couple riding the bus - kissing hand while blindfolded

Whispers of Love: Riding the Bus to Forever in Solvang

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