Wedding Photos of Cape Town

The following “Cape Town” 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 “Cape Town” 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 Save the Date in Cape Town. South Africa portrait of the couple sitting and kissing on the streets as construction workers walk past them

A sunny Cape Town Engagement Session for two lovers laughing and kissing by the water

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Cape Town pre-wed portraits for a fun couple hanging out at the aquarium glass fish tank

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Cape Town bride and groom to be, posing for a pre-wedding engagement photo shoot in the concrete structure

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Cape Town Fine Art Engagement Image for a couple high above the sea on the rocks and cliffs

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Durbanville Fine Art Engagement Session with some Gorgeous golden hour light for this Engagement Portrait

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Durbanville Fine Art Engagement Session with some Gorgeous golden hour light for this Engagement Portrait

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Majic Forest, Cape Town Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait created as The happy couple shares a laugh in the beautiful green forest

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Table Mountain, Cape Town Artful Engagement session for A fun, colourful image of an engaged couple with Table Mountain as the background

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Noordhoek, Cape Town Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait with contrasting colours of the black attire on the white sand of this engaged couple

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Cape Town pre wedding portrait against the stone wall in the bright sunshine

A warm toned pre wedding portrait against the stone wall in the bright sunshine

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V&A Waterfront, Cape Town mini posing couple photo session with light bouncing from the reflective buildings for the gorgeous engagement portrait

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Table Mountain, Cape Town mini photo session before the wedding day - couple in a grass field

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Canal Walk, Cape Town mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with The majestic building making for a unique backdrop for this engagement shoot

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Llandudno Beach, Cape Town mini beach couple photography session before the wedding day Using the setting sun as back light, the engaged couple embrace

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Cape Town couple pose for an engagement portrait against a concrete wall, with the woman shadowed on the wall

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Cape Town fine art wedding portrait image during the late afternoon and the sun shined brilliantly on the leaves, This made for a creative couple portrait when shooting into the sun

wedding portrait image during the late afternoon and the sun shined brilliantly on the leaves, This made for a creative couple portrait when shooting into the sun

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Twelve Apostles Hotel, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa wedding image of The bride smiling through her tears as she says her vows during the outdoor wedding ceremony

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wedding image of The daughter of the couple embracing them after they finally got married at Twelve Apostles Hotel, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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A vibrant, sun kissed photo of the happily engaged couple in an olive vineyard as the sun sets behind them at hillcrest farm

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Noordhoek, Cape Town engagement photographer Making use of the rising sun for this intimate photo of the engaged couple

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photographer Using the setting sun as back light for this silhouette photo of the engaged couple at Majic Forest, Cape Town

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Gardens Central Park, Cape Town engagement photographer: We saw this big tree and I had the idea to place them inside of it, we ended up with this pose

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Western Cape Town engagement photographer: I saw this divide of colours in the wall colours and played with this theme of divide for this fun photo

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Western Cape Pre-Wedding Photographer: As the sun was setting through the trees, I saw this beautiful sun streaks through the trees and wanted to use it to place more focus on the couple at irene farm

Western Cape Pre-Wedding Photo As the sun was setting through the trees, the beautiful sun streaks through the trees

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The Knoetzie beach is known for the castle's and I used them in the background

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The Twelve Apostles Hotel, Cape Town, Western Cape intimate moment between the groom and his grandmother during their wedding day preparations

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Majic Forest - Cape Town Photographer: "It didn't take much to get this couple to show their emotions and love. So much so that a close up showcasing their pure joy was a perfect option."

It didn't take much to get this couple to show their emotions and love. So much so that a close up showcasing their pure joy was a perfect option

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Engagement Photographer: "These yellow flowers were in full bloom at the Cape Town botanical gardens and I made use of the vibrant colours to spice up the love."

These yellow flowers were in full bloom at the Cape Town botanical gardens and I made use of the vibrant colours to spice up the love

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