Wedding Photos of Chicago couple portraits

The following “Chicago couple portraits” 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 “Chicago couple portraits” 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.

LaSalle Street Chicago City Oasis creative pre-wedding photo in the park under trees

Wrigley Building Chicago photo shoot with Sun shining through downtown in a creative pre-wedding session

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millenium park chicago engagement session with a couple in the sunshine during a creative pre-wed portrait shoot

Chicago couple portraits urban portrait buildings Chicago skyscrapers Downtown

Michigan Ave pre-wed image session with a couple Laughing in Snow and Traffic

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Kinzie Street Bridge Chicago Champagne Spray pre-wed image

Kinzie Street Bridge Chicago city Edward Ciesielski urban concrete jungle Champagne Spray Chicago couple portraits

LaSalle Street Bridge pre-wed image session with some cool Champagne Spray

bridge river urban portrait Champagne Spray Downtown buildings Chicago

Illinois engagement portrait with a posed couple amongst the tall skyscrapers of Michigan Ave in Chicago

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IL pre wedding and engagement photography on the Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago of a couple walking together

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Illinois engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session of a couple spraying champagne at Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago

urban portrait champagne spraying Chicago Downtown buildings Kinzie Street Bridge

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