Wedding Photos of Couple hugging

The following “Couple hugging” 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 hugging” 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.

Beautiful pre-wedding engagement portrait of a couple in Dortmund, Germany. The creative shot showcases the couple hugging amidst a lush scrub brush scene with subtle purple flowers.

Loving Embrace: A Dortmund Breathtaking Engagement Portrait amidst Fragrant Florals

A WPJA wedding photographer captured a couple hugging lovingly, bathed in a soft glow, overlooking the sea cliffs in Piran, Slovenia

Embracing Eternal Love by the Slovenian Sea Cliffs

Couple hugging Slovenia Piran sea cliffs Slovenia Engagement Portrait soft glow overlooking water

A photo of a couple hugging and kissing under trees in a beautiful outdoor location in Montpellier, France, taken by a creative engagement photographer

Engagement Photography in Montpellier, France: Capturing Beautiful Moments of a Couple Hugging and Kissing Under Trees

kissing Montpellier trees Herault Engaged Couple Herault Couple hugging

At the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, a couple hugs on the high alpine tundra with snow still there in the summer

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado: Couple Hugging on High Alpine Tundra with Snow in Summer

Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado Couple hugging alpine tundra snow Colorado engagement photography

couple is hugging in the fields in the countryside

Annecy countryside engagement Annecy Photographer Haute-Savoie Marion Deletraz Couple hugging

In Nantes, France, a warm portrait of the tattooed engaged couple hugging and enjoying the moment while closing their eyes

Nantes closing eyes Couple hugging Nantes Photographer tattoos Audrey Dubessay France

France portrait of a young couple hugging at sunset on the beaches along Saint Mathurin sur Loire

Saint Mathurin Audrey Dubessay sunset portrait Loire Loire photographer Couple hugging

A Stavanger couple is hugging in front of a wall at sunset in Norway

Couple hugging Stavanger Jeremie Sangare sunset portrait Norway Norway Photographer

Brazil couple portrait on the streets with a hug and a bus

urban street Thiago Gimenes Brazil photographer city engagement city bus Couple hugging Brazil

Couple hugging on the stairs of Le Touquet Paris Plage

wooden stairs Charly Fromentin Le Touquet Paris Plage Paris photographer Couple hugging

Beaujolais couple is hugging in a field in France

Florian Maguin sunset portrait Couple hugging Beaujolais photographer France Beaujolais

Meyzieu, France Pre Wedding Picture | The couple is hugging in an automnal field under orange and red trees

Meyzieu couple is hugging in a field under orange and red trees

France Meyzieu photographer red trees Meyzieu Florian Maguin Couple hugging autumn leaves

Angers Bride and groom to be are hugging at the foot of a magnolia during engagement picture session

Angers couple hugging at the foot of a magnolia during engagement picture session

Audrey Dubessay France magnolia tree Couple hugging Angers Photographer Angers

Italy engagement shoot for a couple at the beach

sunset portrait Couple hugging Italy Caterina Errani Ravenna Wild Beach Ravenna Ravenna photographer

couple is hugging under a tree where the ceremony will begin soon

couple portrait Florian Maguin Couple hugging France photographer Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Jongieux lifestyle engagement photography in Savoie, France for a couple hugging in a vineyard

Savoie Jongieux vineyard engagement vineyard Couple hugging Savoie Photographer France

Oingt lifestyle couples photography session in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France showing the young couple is hugging in a vineyard beween the rows of planted grapes

rows of grapes vineyard engagement Couple hugging Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Oingt Florian Maguin vineyard

Brittany lifestyle photography session in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany showing a couple hugging at sunset in a Golf course

Brittany Brittany photographer breeze golf course Jeremie Sangare Couple hugging Ille-et-Vilaine

Montpellier lifestyle couples photography session in Herault, France showing the lovers hugging in a park setting in the sunshine

Herault Couple hugging France park setting sunshine Montpellier

Praia do Frances engagement photography portfolio image with an Alagoas couple hugging at the edge of the water in the sand at the beach

Renner Boldrino Alagoas beach engagement Praia do Francês watersedge palm trees Couple hugging

Agen engagement photography portfolio image with a French couple hugging in a rural farm countryside setting

Couple hugging Agen Photographer French Couple countryside setting rural countryside Agen

Pine Lake, Georgia engagement announcement photo idea with the Couple hugging and laughing

Pine Lake photographer Pine Lake laughing couple Couple hugging pre wedding location Pine Lake GA

Parc de la Tete d'Or engagement announcement photo idea in Lyon, France created as the couple is hugging near hothouse of the park

Lyon gate park engagement Couple hugging Parc de la Tete dOr Lyon photographer Florian Maguin

Metz announcement of engagement idea at the Chateau de Courcelles showing the Couple hugging in front of a castle

Couple hugging Chateau de Courcelles castle Metz Metz photographer Jonathan Fortuna

Crete Senesi romantic engagement session in Siena with a Tuscan couple hugging and kissing during sunset time at the lake in the countryside

Crete Senesi Couple hugging lakeside engagement Siena Tuscany couple kissing

A Cap Ferret modern French couple poses for a casual announcement portrait of their Gironde engagement at the headland, situated at the south end of the commune of Lège-Cap-Ferret

CAP FERRET Couple hugging Lege Cap Ferret Gironde France photographer

A newly engaged France couple hugging in front of a pond for an engagement announcement portrait

France Save the Date Jonathan Fortuna France photographer France Couple hugging pond

After the wedding proposal engagement picture session at Gorizia, Italy as the couple Hug under the tree

Friuli-Venezia Giulia Couple hugging Gorizia Italy under a tree Gorizia photographer

She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session in Portopiccolo Sistiana with a Hug and a kiss

Trieste Couple hugging Portopiccolo Sistiana urban portrait trieste photographer

Save the Date in Mont Saint Helene. Normandy portrait of a Couple hugging in wheat fields

wheat fields Normandy Photographer Normandy Mont Saint Helene Charly Fromentin Couple hugging

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