Wedding Photos of Couple embracing

The following “Couple embracing” 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 “Couple embracing” 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.

District Of Columbia engaged couple embracing and framed by a rustic white barn door

A romantic image of an engaged couple embracing and framed by a rustic white door on a rustic white barn

The Arizona engaged couple embraces as their shadows are cast onto the rocks

In a playful picture session at sunset, the engaged couple embraces as sun shadows are cast onto the rocks in the background

Arizona engagement photography Couple embracing shadows rocks Arizona

A South Carolina Couple lit under tall palm trees and a dark blue sky

Couple embracing and lit by photographer, with tall dark palm trees filling the frame and a dark blue sky in the background

night portrait South Carolina e session palm trees South Carolina dark blue sky Couple embracing

A California couple embracing, as they gaze lovingly into one another's eyes at sunset

A romantic sunset silhouettes a young couple embracing, as they gaze lovingly into one another's eyes. Capturing the blissful anticipation of marriage, this pre-wedding portrait is awash in dreamy turquoise hues.

turquoise hues California California engagement photography Couple embracing blue sky dreamy silhouette

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A nature-loving couple embracing below tall trees for engagement pictures

Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe engagement session blue sky tall trees Couple embracing evening shoot

The water in Lecco surrounds the couple in a wedding pic full of passion.

A passionate wedding portrait at the water envelops the couple with a beautiful, unique scene of the veil cascading around them

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Portugal engagement shoot of a couple with a white wall and red door | Lisbon photographer pre-wedding portrait session

The engagement shoot of a couple features a white wall and red door, with the couple embracing in a minimalist setting

red door Portugal Lisbon minimalistic setting Couple embracing Lisbon engagement photography

Brightly lit cathedral showing the new couple holding each other in Slovenia.

The couple's artistic embrace illuminates the unique grandeur of the cathedral from an old world structure

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Pre-wedding shoot at Spain engagement session in the rain

The pre-wedding shoot engagement session took place in the rain, and the couple was embracing the adventure and getting wet

Madrid adventure engagement Couple embracing Spain engagement photography rain Spain

Switzerland engagement session on the Bluffs with green and white smoke grenades | Zürich portrait photography

Switzerland engagement session on the Bluffs with green and white smoke grenades for creative Zürich portrait photos

smoke grenades smoke Switzerland Switzerland engagement photographers pre wedding session Switzerland Kiss Lenke Dalocska Couple embracing

Istanbul couple Pose for their pre-wedding portrait near a street sign advertisement photo with many hands and rings

Istanbul engagement photos pre wedding locations Istanbul Couple embracing rings hands Istanbul

Indoor portrait shoot for this lovely embraced couple from Brazil | creative and symmetrical engagement photography

Indoor portrait shoot for this lovely embraced couple from Brazil for some creative and symmetrical engagement photography

Brazil engagement photos pre wedding locations Brazil symmetry Couple embracing Brazil indoors

The afternoon sun illuminates the trees behind this embraced couple | Alberta pre-wedding photographer

The afternoon sun illuminates the trees behind this embraced couple in this Alberta pre-wedding photo

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Sunset Rio de Janeiro Engagement Photography | Beach Portrait for Young Couple

Sunset Rio de Janeiro Beach Portrait for Young Couple

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